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.
3.5 打光实在太美了…没挖过中世纪神话故事，高文对于夫人的诱惑不为所动，在这里变成了绿腰带的诱惑，成了if线。处理绿衣骑士对高文的结尾还真挺浪漫的*节奏慢得一匹…
但是这个打光是怎么回事？？为了确保中世纪环境的真实没错，全程黑不啦叽的看个p啊，是演员演技不过关么？我不知道当时中世纪的人们会不会抑郁，我是抑郁了
小狐狸我可能不是人，但你这狗男人始终真是狗
Visually extremely pleasing, but content wise not so convincing. Dev Patel is hot though.
what it takes to become a knight
不看解说真的看不懂。A24的电影视觉上真的真的很有保障，但也就这样了。
A24从Midsommar开始踏上不归路...
When honor was everything. When courage made kings.
额……印度人饰演的英国版西游记？这吃了红伞伞一样的迷幻让我花生豆都吃不下去了，直恶心🤢 独立电影的概念就是整体放0.5倍速吗？
整个剧情程设挺棒的，把故事内核就是讲主人公如何习得骑士精神，以及做一个明君的基本素质，融入在了主人公的旅途当中。个人的今年佳作之一。
7.9分。很久没见这种散文诗般的作品了，风格上，看似分割的章节、温吞缓慢的节奏完全没有带给我倦意；剧情方面，大胆将“壮士出川”改为“浪子蜕变”，更贴合现代人口味，导演和编剧很善于揣摩观众心里；制作方面，更是将构图、色调、音乐做到了极致，极大程度提高了影片的艺术性。唯一缺点在于绿衣骑士的造型，创意及美感欠佳，和影片整体风格略微割裂。
色彩清奇，画面绝美。看得云里雾里，但值得反复回味。(寻找骑士精神之旅，绿色即永恒？)
这调调戳我，一定要看杜比视界版，跟SDR版完全是两部电影。
这过程，一直放在我心底就像
灯光和BGM营造了一个很棒的世界观。故事中的水有点多，中间就好像是在故意吓唬人。总之真正的骑士是可以直面恐惧
卖相到位，看个视听都值，没给A24丢脸。表达感觉还可以大胆一点，跟制作显出的野心相比，似乎还是保守了。
因果循环。坦然接受既定的命运需要勇气。早知道后来会是这样，不如当初在绿教堂中就被砍下头颅。
这是啥电影，全篇没有任何情节，先是绿衣骑士很牛逼的闯进来，然后被砍下头。接着就发生了很多奇幻的是，森林里遇到女鬼，帮他捞头颅，跟朋友妻子搞暧昧，一不小心还早泄，然后换老婆，最后被砍下脑袋，这踏马什么玩意儿
像一首诗 晦涩而神秘 节奏缓慢 很多典故不知道看的云里雾里 可能就是想要突出这种千人千理解的感觉吧
摄影、美术、光影效果均属上乘，剧情层面属于我看不懂，也没受震撼。
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