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.
不得不承认，特效牛，非常牛， 尤其片尾曲水特效动画令人称奇，看着这么多中国古神话动物在国外电影中被还原的这么好，真的五味杂陈。剧情和人物逻辑有硬伤，尚气老爸为爱入魔的铺垫和渲染都不够，导致最后孤注一掷看起来像个傻子，即使梁朝伟在试图用演技弥补这种硬伤，但依旧杯水车薪。父子情感觉是美国中式快餐店的糖醋里脊，外表加了点中国元素，但骨子里还是美式思维，少了中国血浓于水的那种深刻和羁绊，说弑父就弑父，说算了就算了，闹着玩呢？事实上父子间的爱恨纠葛、责怪与谅解才是最精彩的部分，但尚气男主明显经验和体会不足，把这个电影演的过于表面化。
3.梁朝伟和陈法拉的儿女们，小时候还很待见，长大后就ABC了[白眼]
梁朝伟像是开了大头特效。各种东方元素大乱炖，最后没来一首难忘今宵真的很说不过去耶…
挺无聊的，后半部分强一点点。本来我一直在疑惑为什么电影院里的几个高中生能几乎听到每句台词都笑，后来xh说他们应该是嗑嗨了……
作为湖南人注意到的两个小细节：
疝气的传奇故事刚刚开始，不过我已经开始脚痒难耐了。
“啊～～十环，你比五环多五环”，脑袋里一直循环着它。比《黑寡妇》和《毒液2》好一些，也是，还能有比那俩更差的吗？漫威今年还没端出一盘像样的菜！全片最佳Hotel California。
来说不带剧透的总体印象，全华裔的卡司，所有人都可以说流利的普通话（港普我就不和你计较了），我觉得在现在的好莱坞大制作里已经算是奇迹了，更何况还是Marvel的超英片。中文对白占一半，但刚巧也卡在一个尴尬的位置，里面的人会普通话讲着讲着毫无缘由地就讲英文，我内心就会出戏，os好好的为什么突然切英文？动作戏其实很好看，非常明显地能看出来，混合了成龙功夫片、《卧虎藏龙》、《一代宗师》的风格，于是打着打着我内心又出戏了，想起那些经典的打斗场景。看得出很努力地融入了很多中国元素，依然还是西方视角下的中国。刘思慕圆满完成任务，我觉得很帅啊，又有点小可爱，Awkwafina贡献了大部分笑点，两个人很搭！好像所有人都在夸梁朝伟，我觉得他尽力了。
It's just a superhero movie why is everybody so freaking out... besides you don't even buy tickets yall just download it for free. It's Disney! What else left to be complained about？
没看过剧集版居然全部get到了，又烂又傻逼又尬笑又好看，所有歌都难听到抓狂，但是却又神奇地和这股气质相匹配，非常奇妙的观影体验，今天的我是baby妻夫木聪谢谢。
已知梁朝伟被刚逃出的恶龙秒杀，恶龙之后差一点被神龙秒杀，吃了灵魂后才反败为胜。那么请问以守护大门为使命的神龙为啥不在梁朝伟破门的时候出来秒杀梁朝伟呢？
竟然很好看诶。好温馨。最后bob终于意识到linda有多supportive & posotive，妈妈真是家庭支柱。
电影之外，新的审美，新的族群共识，乃至新的共同体，往往就诞生于这样的杂糅之中。当文化挪用不再是一个指控，一套现有的标尺就无法衡量这自发的新议程。另外，确实是像哈。
推荐指数：🌟🌟🌟
It's just a superhero movie why is everybody so freaking out... besides you don't even buy tickets yall just download it for free. It's Disney! What else left to be complained about？
向这种人与动物建立友情题材电影，我都会给满分
有趣可爱，不过原以为是个科幻幻想类的片子，比如那个神秘的洞会藏着什么有趣的秘密，最后发现是个挺普通的探案小故事……
电影本身只有3.5但是亚男本人身在北美看这样的电影实在太爽了，被高潮冲昏了头脑必须整个5星给我把分数怼上去。电影开播前预告了一批别的电影，那些电影无一例外全都是白人主导，心里想的是白人真烦亚洲人真惨。以至于电影开始后我一路高潮到结束... being fucking represented feels so good!
本粉丝要在在此彩虹屁了：阿伟太好看了吧！！三年没有大屏幕看过他了，还没有看电影的时候看了好多好多的访谈，谈到和剧组的合作他是快乐的，说起以前拍过角色和电影，开心地分享着电影幕后那些以前的访谈都未曾讲过趣事，这种感觉和状态太好了。难怪这反派老爸圈了一波粉，文戏真的很细腻，那个沙哑的声线和眼眶里打转的泪，看不够看不够，我想二刷了😭😭😭
渣枪版不好打分，大片观感靠视听嘛。最后怪物大战镜头和动作挺精彩，若视效能比《哥斯拉2》我观感应该超4否则最多3.5。极中规中矩，编剧完全没加过班似的：这个场景是干嘛的就是干嘛的，一点什么交叉叙事横生枝节都不会有。好比最后父子局，就父子局，当爹的一点“把儿子挥开、自己去凿一下墙”的心思都没有，那我请问你来黑暗之门干嘛来了，就为了打儿子？你不是来救老婆的吗？各位功夫片迷还记得《功夫》里你打我我打钟、打成喇叭给你送终的桥段吗。不过漫威啊超雄啊也就这德行了。PC还未充分惠及亚裔，主流未深刻反思过亚裔刻板印象，加上些小原因，本属好心的片子反汇集了刻板印象：黑帮赌场眯眯眼会功夫，只有外男亚女（大家习惯了，外女亚男反而突兀，可能是这种求稳的考虑？）祭祖卡拉OK身份迷茫非属刻板印象。选角专挑那种长相，我神服
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