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.
灾难转科幻片 特效时灵时不灵 不带智商看也还行 低级文明干掉高级文明AI 爽片嘛！
愚蠢的剧情，恶心的ZZZQ。华谊是非洲公司么？
最后小胖的意识被月球收编，是在cue男主的《招魂》吗？
超级文明人类祖先干不过自己创造的ai人工智能，等等，这不就是未来人类干不过天网如出一辙吗，母题其实还不就是终结者月球版，最后无儿无女幻想自己博士的死肥宅拯救世界虽然有点恶意但是聊以宽慰吧，BTW所有人物赶场NPC式出现，救命，我甚至没有一点共情
本来早早吃完药该睡了的，可是后面太精彩了居然多看了半个多小时，如果这是一部电影，我给他八分，因为它没有拍出电影质感和长度深度，明明可以拍的更好，却没有更加努力。这是一段对赘婿吉吉国王人设的巧妙过度，是对大圣娶亲，紫霞和至尊宝的致敬，是现代版的紫霞仙子和吉吉国王的故事，是王者荣耀紫霞和至尊宝的cp延展，是赘婿里的大圣娶亲，是现代的我们对紫霞和至尊宝今天的回答。
可以说每个剧情点都蠢到极点，无法想象编剧是在什么状态下写的这个本子
抢鲜，机翻字幕，快进。即使套路，不够惊艳，毕竟用大制作的效果拍出以前没拍过的东西，让我的兴致不错，3星半。以后出来翻译精修版，我想再从头来一遍
大舅哥的爱情故事吗？哈哈，还是很有乐的。还有现代版很多元素借鉴。
果然这位大哥帅不过三秒就开始搞笑hahaha~小甜剧还是很好看的。期待赘婿第二部～
拍得有点敷衍诶…现在看这种老美的灾难科幻片感觉好假呀😮💨画面还是可以
好久没看过这种爆米花爽片了，说实话，不带脑子还是能看的！虽然故事鬼扯，情节潦草，剪辑稀烂，人物模板化，世界观毫无科学支撑，纯粹拍脑袋瞎想，都不能叫科幻，只能叫奇幻。
整体来说~还不错~延续了网剧的风格~好多人物能够登场亮相，也是挺赞的了
当世界末日可能降临，全球大乱，抢劫四起。事实真会这样吗？除了黑命贵趁着疫情来了几波零元购，1999等并没有引发人类灾难。
别具一格，别有洞天，可怜的咸鱼终于翻身了，加一星鼓励。
看了等於沒看，好像導演的作品都是這樣，類型也是科幻不科幻災難不災難的，劇情人物設定讓人尷尬，唯一還可看的是特效場景
这完全是大舅子的创业恋爱故事，可是我实在受不了大舅子这张脸，太出戏了好不好。。。然后全剧使劲挖掘了一堆网商词汇拿来用，是自以为幽默么？可是完全戳不到我。然后各种狗血套路，直男自嗨，且又看得昏昏欲睡，对不起。手贱误点，奈何已看标签。豆瓣首页一水儿的五星评论到底是怎么回事？
人类现在玩儿的是祖先玩灭了的，而剧本是十年前写剩下的。你大场面特效真的做很足，但是文戏真的很平庸甚至烂，要不你穿越回十年前，还能赶在「2012」前上映。
太扯淡了，说好的灾难片，转眼就是廉价科幻片了？
地球月球都值得一救，唯独墨西哥后爹必须死是吧
中国人民的老朋友哀莫离奇又带着他的PPT骗钱来了！
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