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.
Ghostbusters正统续作，偏低龄，四人组回归很惊喜
老少皆宜比较欢乐又魔趣的电影，当做喜剧看，可以推荐。
比Kristen Wiig那版好不了多少，这帮孩子角色无聊得很。Carrie Coon大材小用
前面挺逗的，但有的地方感觉不是很能get到笑点。
叙事铺垫不足，小孩儿说会就会，人物说来就来……
finn and mckenna are such pretty creatures
剧情太单薄 用爱战胜一切妖魔鬼怪 有点扯~
从男到女，在到这部小孩主角的，挨个讨好一遍。但是不好笑也不酷，太差了
如果你允许我，如果你给我时间。”
如果中文字幕翻译的质量高一点，体验会更好，可白嫖的我又能抱怨什么呢～
如果没在很小的时候看过老版，直接看这部打分给1星也能理解。我是看出了眼泪，不是因为剧情，而是那份怀旧和回忆吧，怀念英雄主义美国梦流行的年份！美国梦翻译成中文算是个人努力自我实现吧，这玩意十几年前还有的。
作为爽片几乎无可挑剔，精彩的动作设计和几乎无尿点的剧情推进都算得上一流水准。至于剧情嘛……爽就完事了还在乎那些干嘛
看1小时看起来很像美剧的拍法，没有太大的场面，叙事铺垫的过程过多，真正入主题的感觉有点小打小闹，几个学生组成的小队很业余，阴差阳错的在鬼魂指引下找到了各种工具并研究使用方法，找到废旧工厂发现吃铁的鬼但后来被挣脱，第二次开着车去抓时追逐戏挺好看，一顿破坏最终将其抓获但被cj抓进去，后来女主给原来的捉鬼队打电话告诉事情的经过被放出来，妈和老师都被鬼俯身变成狼人并释放了大反派。主角们一起去监狱拿抓鬼的武器发现被锁，后想到里面关着食铁怪放出咬碎了门栏拿走武器，并回到家中布置陷阱抓鬼，这里演的很了草的结束，主要是女主死去的爷爷回归和几个老将一起团灭，看完也没觉得演什么内容，总感觉这是在拍电视剧不像是电影。如果拍成电视剧就更好，唯一值得称赞的地方就是亚洲的面孔长的不丑。
用高科技来抓鬼，现在在中国还走不通，不过稍微期待一下。
Discover the Past. Save the Future.
小孩子趣緻醒目就成功了一半，至於另一半似乎也沒那麽重要。
主角性别模糊，刻意不明确性别，政治正确，主角的哥哥白人loser出场就爱上黑娘们儿，很政治正确，还得搭配一个叨bi叨的亚裔，集齐黄白黑，非常政治正确
不可思议的烂….前面的文戏看得人昏昏欲睡，后面的武戏又了无新意；还非要搬出老卡司来拉情怀，简直是吃力不讨好。
本片关于能被高压电束缚住的「鬼」的设定很独特。几个孩子挑起捉鬼大梁的同时，也为系列前作接续了历史。影片对系列老观众的服务很到位，但对于新观众来说，难免会因部分角色、道具、情节设定交待不足而影响观感。
★★☆ 2016年的性轉版重啟，失敗，整部影片完全陷在原版的框架裡，儼然一部沒有新鮮元素的鬧劇。2021的兒童版重啟，不敢說成功了，至少成功了一部分，雖然與其說是喜劇，更像兒童冒險片，不過結構編排、細節伏筆還是能看出有創作誠意在，賣了情懷卻又沒有完全賣，我尤其喜歡電影的文戲部分，非常之Jason Reitman，當然，以上誇獎只給前兩幕。
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