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.
给画质加一星真滴好牛！但是烂得彻底，看前几分钟就忍不下去了，谁都喜欢不来的，这要是还有第三部真的是不要脸了简直就是灾难
动画画质不错，人物环境都有很逼真的质感、光泽。剧情无厘头搞笑，还行。在还没有弄清医院里是否抱错了时为什么亚当斯夫妇不关心自己真正的女儿去哪儿了。
靠着走遍美国组起来的流行音乐狂欢局，就好像编剧绞尽脑汁终于想起来还能把Wednesday的青春期逆反+科学实验跟生父谜团结合起来，中间全靠插科打诨，哥特风一点没留下，只留下了无止境的蹦迪
你不是我爸爸
人老了，牛仔都开始拍童话了
喜欢Wednesday
没想到老爷子在耄耋之年拍了一部墨西哥家庭温情片，一如当年老西部片里退隐江湖的游侠悍匪一样，走完这辈子最后一次长途旅行，终于找到自己的归宿所在。简单的对白，轻微的冲突，都在刻意淡化矛盾；取而代之的是云淡风轻与波澜不惊。电影里的macho，银幕外永远的纯爷们。
没有第一部好看，几乎可以预见接下来的每一个步骤。一颗星给其中的bgm
看1的时候真的好惊艳，莫非2有点审美疲劳，感觉故事过于单薄了
东木老爷老了啊老了，不过依然有魅力，“是个好人”。一段旅程，让老少都找到了自己的归宿，少的和他爹交代的有些语焉不详，但重在旅程吧。
哥特元素越来越少了，剧情也略无聊...可我真的好爱这个ip，期待电视剧
4、Yeah, it's never too late to find a new home, start a new life. That's the true Macho!
这种老人+动物+小男孩成长的中成本制作在十年前还是迪士尼最拿手的题材，而如今却只有东木能拍得出来了。相较10年代后期的几部片，本片对于东木来说确实算是信手拈来的小品，但依然温柔如故
智障老舅有点东西啊哈哈哈哈 还有那个 do you have a piano in the laboratory? 严谨极了
太糖水，一切都很不真实，故事说实在的也比较无趣。电影传达出来的感觉就和东木表现得精神气一样，人生总有迟暮的那一天。
3.5。東木這幾年的電影都挺一根筋的。區別僅在於，他自己主演的時候這個問題會更嚴重一點。
虚假的儿童动画：和谐友爱的家庭；真正的儿童动画：闷杀弟弟，肢解，斩首
虽然平淡但平淡地舒适，温情地自然，观感特别舒适，台词也很搞笑。老爷子说i dont know how to cure old，向冬木老爷子致敬
第一部讲亚当斯一家怎样走出舒适圈，开始被人们接受。第二部则开始走平庸的家庭路线，以亲情为导向。
最好笑的地方大概是，我看的这个字幕组把Morticia的名字翻译成了卡拉米亚·莫迪西亚，因为Gomez一直称呼Morticia为cara mia。
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