Green Wing and Free Agents star Stephen Mangan is to play the lead role in BBC4's adaptation of the late Douglas Adams Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
Mangan will be joined by Darren Boyd as his sidekick Richard MacDuff and Cold Feet and Friends actor Helen Baxendale, as MacDuff's girlfriend Susan.
Adapted by the Bafta-winning writer Howard Overman – who is also behind Misfits, Vexed and Merlin – Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency follows the exploits of Adams's chaotic character as he uses his unusual methods to solve crimes.
Mangan said: "I've been a fan of Douglas Adams ever since the Hitchhiker's radio series which I used to record as a child and listen to over and over again in my bedroom. It's such a thrill to now be playing one of his brilliant characters.
"Dirk is a chaotic, anarchic force of nature with a totally unique take on the world. He is described as 'lazy, untidy, dismissive and unreliable'. I've absolutely no idea why they thought I'd be right for the role."
The Dirk Gently books have formed the basis of a play and a BBC Radio 4 series but have never before been filmed for TV.
Adams's agent, Ed Victor, said: "For all the years I represented the late, great Douglas Adams, the most substantial frustration for both of us was that we couldn't get films made either of Hitchhiker or Dirk.
"Douglas once said, memorably, that 'getting a film made in Hollywood was like trying to cook a steak by having a bunch of people come into the room and breathe on it'. Well, we did eventually get a film made in Hollywood of Hitchhiker and, tragically, Douglas didn't live to see it. Nor will he see this adaptation of Dirk – but it's worth bearing in mind that Douglas always thought Dirk would make a better film than Hitchhiker and I feel sure that this new TV drama with a terrific script by Howard Overman will prove his point."
Shooting begins this week in Bristol on the 60-minute drama, which is being made by ITV Studios in association with the Welded Tandem Picture Company.
The Dirk Gently production is to be directed by Damon Thomas – who also directed BBC4 drama The First Men in the Moon – and will air early next year.
大杂烩土味悬疑网络电影。不仅过时，也是编剧圈很好的反面教材。★★☆/5.2
社会派推理的运用，对情感的渲染，对迷影的尊重，还有万合天宜自成一派的幽默，简直浑然天成。
“你们作为观众的解读会比我们创作者更高明 ”
大型民国换装实景密室微恐演绎还原本。怎么样可以认识张本煜并同他困觉？
有没有那么很好那另说，总之还挺有意思的，有刻意的地方但也是有亮点的！
比预想的好。别的不谈，余皑磊那一小段给人的感觉很震撼。
电影是一种生命的历程，悬疑电影刻画地就是参杂着煽情主义的不平凡历程。过程永远要比结果更有魅力。漫长的过程赋予事物生命和意义；跌宕起伏的过程给予观众非凡的经历和情感历程。
编剧夹带私货太多了点，似乎想刻意拔高一点，但讽刺和悬疑两个主题融合得不是很好
其实还是曾经的网片风，只是讲的故事不搞笑了，就看着好像洋气了一些。故事本身就没多大悬疑性，推理也做的一般，也就最后壮胆说了几句吧，但如果这就是如今好电影的珍贵所在，那可真是太悲哀了。
“我叫你爸，你打我马，这样对吗”，笑疯，童年回忆集结号，主创玩得很好，再接再厉。
结局以为新故事开始，新闻报道却暗示剧组成员的死亡
坚持过半小时之后，渐入佳境，这样一部讲述电影诞生的电影，尤其在当下语境里，难能可贵，值得狠狠一看。电影流亡者，颇有些胆量啊。
一般吧，逻辑推理啦，反转啦，都是意料之中。如果非要往某些地方映射。说什么业界良心，那就有点牵强附会了。
唉，最后隐晦的表达，照片上的人都死了吧，揪心。这是个好好讲故事的电影，前面编剧追问凶手时走悬疑风，我也觉得这里面有事儿，到后来人性改变，还是比较自然的。那个年代有权有势的人肆意妄为，普通人无力反抗，照片上的人已经是有稍微能力的人在用自己的方式抗争，其他人呢。
剧本还可以，一起去看的人从黑衣人进来就出去接电话，最后他问我不会觉得想到乔任梁吗
中国电影未死，还有一群人真的是在为电影
内容还比较有现实意义，障眼法使得也还娴熟，不过当真相全部揭开后（不管是片中直接呈现的玩弄歌女还是观众解读出来的走私军火），该逃的逃了、该杀的杀了，刀仙编故事、隐瞒真相的动机反而变得不那么合理了。演员方面科班和非科班的差距也挺明显，陈明昊和喻恩泰的演技相较那几个短视频出身的可以说是全方位的碾压。
3.5 十个项目九个凉，商业投资很正常。电影如草芥，在权力的倾轧与任意宰割面前毫无缚鸡之力；电影也很有力量，如水一般总能变换形态达到自己的目的，阐释自己的意义。记忆不同，真相不在，电影人会一直换一茬又一茬，只愿大家真的能保护好那颗赤诚之心。即使如此还是没法给高分，因为太讨厌韩寒那套段子集锦，破功又出戏，以及，没一个人算演的好的。而且坏警察编故事的桥段真的想到训练日。不过讽刺当今电影行业的部分，还行。
①民国上海：几个电影业内人坐在一起讨论三老被杀的案件欲借此将该谋杀案故事拍成电影扬名立万，然而随着深入调查，他们却陷入了政治风波中。影片情节多次反转。②悬疑+喜剧。③虽然故事比较有趣，但表演模式太话剧了，而且叙事节奏有点拖。
做成话剧更合适吧，我知道韩寒想玩什么套路，首先这个核不行，不够硬，还是侠义精神英雄救美借古讽今那套，玩得密室推理也很不行，总之就是哪哪儿都不行，戏剧冲突设计感太重太牵强了，表演也太用力了，这就是个话剧本子临时改的吧。
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