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.
很流畅，尤其服化道精细且准确到叹为观止。有两场有关幻觉和萨满教宗教体验的戏让人起鸡皮疙瘩。至于为啥这么多人打差评，简直让我觉得是不是另一种要证明自己够酷的皇帝的新衣。如果拍得够好，二十一世纪怎么就不能看一个90％复刻的王子复仇记了？我觉得这事情就和指环王重映收获差评一样，东西内核没变，“大人，时代变了”。well，有些时候改变也不一定是好事。
如何用影像成为一个北方王子。这个有点让我想起田壮壮的那部《狼灾记》，或许生成的愿望与偏执不一定对观看友善，但诗的影像和存在会留下来。
《哈姆雷特》的原型故事，王子复仇记。解构得很厉害，既不王子，也不复仇：没有史诗冒险般的王位夺取，复仇的对象只是一个失势的牧场主；复仇的根基也无从谈起，希望拯救于水火的母亲实际才是幕后真凶。「王子」有绝佳的机会重新开启人生，然而终究沉沦于他人一直以来灌输的宏大叙事中，将妻子丢在一船强盗中间，踏上自以为是救赎实则是无间地狱的复仇之路，死前还执着于血脉得以延续、自身前往英灵殿的幻象，正是其悲剧所在。
已把预期降到最低居然还能叫人更失望 只剩画面服化道好看与考究. 别扭的“诗体”台词都不说人话了, 生硬的叙述与剧情质量感觉都比不过随便一集<维京传奇>剧集, 难为了卡司
经典永流传，但还是注入点新鲜的东西吧！
摄影美术啥的都还不错，就是略显老套的王子复仇记的故事配不上这个片名，格局小了，不知道的以为你拍的是克努特大帝或者是古斯塔夫二世呢
拿仪式当情节，拿风格当表达，当作者过于注重“风格签名”的时候，写下的内容就显得次要了——这部片子完全可以当做作者电影的反面教材。摄影机始终处在无动机的运动之中，以90度为单位的运镜限制了场面调度的灵活性，表演从开场妮可·基德曼的动作就显得程式化严重，横向对比科恩版《麦克白》，强烈的舞台化风格是向内挖掘人物内心的，而本片的风格化却没有一个踏实的落脚点，显得空洞虚浮。感觉艾格斯完全是在过精神北欧人的瘾啊，当神秘不是他作品中心的时候，他的风格就不再奏效了。
看到後面發現：哇！暴君率眾妖害人！（誰懂？？）
在美国的电影院，看一部美国主流电影，听着大段大段的中文，旁边的美国人却要看字幕，真的是很神奇的体验。
诡异浪潮现代莎翁剧，叫罗伯特·艾格斯来拍真是浪费···
维京金属mv 很贵但比较普通的那种 俄狄浦斯哈姆雷特宗教神话什么都有且只有一点点 但我还是看得津津有味 只能说当下需要看个这样的东西 不过可能为斯卡斯加德我也可以看两小时mv/风光片/whatever
男主看着妈死啥也没做，然后又看着爸死啥也不做。。。
地狱里又多了桩桩件件的冤魂！铁人三项拉练拯救不了肤浅的哈姆雷特。哈姆雷特曾经是我学习外国文学时期最喜欢的文本之一，本片作为年度期待，和挪威本土文化融合的方式却仅限于浮光掠影：用了文字和音乐，却不肯妥协最重要的语言；想表达反抗和叛离，又亲手将男主堕为弑母弑童的复仇机器。导演还是比较适合去拍冰岛风光大MV，景别切得挺带劲，配乐也不错的。
并不是改编莎翁，而是模仿莎翁，面对戏剧化的莎翁风格，令人意外的是，所有长镜头、彰显调度的戏都让人一刻也无法挪开视线，而那些形式感和舞台感强烈的戏，却始终总有说不出的生硬与违和，所有荒蛮、杀戮、暴力、阴谋甚至乱伦的戏都令人愉悦，而企图以仪式化塑造文明感的戏是那么造作，所有作者化的部分都那么迷人，而类型化的部分是那么格格不入。我没有那么爱这部电影，但是我爱死了电影里每一个长镜头和配乐的每一个音符
这部杂交电影不费吹灰之力做到了。
好好的史诗霸权，拍着拍着变神话了，突然间多了个洞，突然间多了把剑，蛮奇怪的。另外电影的力量感太缺了，演员们的动作都很别扭，下次还是请个动作指导比较好。
北欧玄学之旅（不是）电影院另外两个观众因为血腥场面中途退场了。
梁朝伟倾情演绎思念亡妻的深情丈夫和误信诈骗电话的独居老人
这部杂交电影不费吹灰之力做到了。
导演执迷于蛮荒孤岛中的各种仪式，静谧的残暴的恶毒的，再加上冷峻的风光，讲述了一个被演绎过无数次的复仇故事，视听上非常有快感，值得好好学习
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