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.
而主创们对这一问题采取了只陈述不解释的态度，也不知是根本没意识到问题的严重性，还是心有余悸不便明说。
“我们怎么变得那么生分，连说话都要掌握好分寸，怕不注意流言见缝插针，怕不小心我们成陌生人。”
最后的反转反而有些累赘了。对于普通人的我来说，这样的事只能用彷徨之刃或者撒玛利亚女孩的方法来解决问题。
国产版国家宝藏＋达芬奇密码，香港导演却搞出一股冲鼻子的五代味儿．很多可以好好蒙太奇一下的画面草草的就放过了有点可惜．逻辑交代不够清晰，软伤硬伤都有．雷佳音真是太适合这种被熊的怂怂的角色了，药不然太端着
二星半。没有想到是如此纯粹的游戏式爆米花电影，技术部门没有出错，但对极富讨论广度的历史与社会背景全然不顾、连春秋笔法都懒得下手的敷衍/避嫌，全然没有这个时代电影的“应有”质感，也算难得。雷佳音和葛优撑起全片，奇怪如李现的表演，上次见到还是《暴走神探》里的杨洋，求求所有端着小屏精致脸的流量远离银幕。
不说电影拍的多好，至少画面比较唯美，唤起很多回忆，女校的回忆…
工于设局 但不善解谜 重大剧情推进要靠台词我也是醉了 还不如让许愿一路历险 有女郎 有前辈 有宿敌 做个中原·琼斯来的痛快……
只想要那几个孩子自己他们的父母去死，这什么东西啊，没有良心斯密达。助纣为虐！
2.爷爷是预言帝吗？他早就猜到50年后日本人会归还佛头？如果日本人不还呢？后面怎么拍？许愿直接跑到日本抢回来？
观影感受：过瘾！全员演技在线自然不露痕，台词听得我太舒服了。整个故事线清晰节奏紧凑特效逼真，伏笔埋得好(可能要归功于原著不过我还没看过……)"局中局"体现得淋漓尽致，演员也好多熟面孔，葛大爷太让人惊喜！结尾的升华也很好，真的是今年非常不错的一部片子！值得电影院观看，两个小时都很专注
也就还行吧，图一乐，就是最后在真佛头上造个假送给日本人这个😂真没必要，你这和送了不是一样吗？而且他爷爷竟然还能预料日本人会还回来也是离谱。
演员好，制作好，故事好，为啥看着就是不得劲？整个故事的逻辑我都没看明白，这到最后，真相不还是把佛头送出去了么？这汗奸也没洗清啊？还留了个悬疑尾，这个要打算拍第二部吗？
典型的国产类型大片，非原著爱好者也觉得无惊无喜，不过“古董动作片”这个玩法还是有趣的
精彩的的推理电影，不懂古董但是受益匪浅，运用了很多元素来解密，从摩斯密码到十二地支再到围棋，更巧的是其中回到原点的构思。这个原点不是原地，而是螺旋而上的原点，需要经过漫长时间的证明，需要三代人的努力。许愿这个角色演得非常活生生，可以看出雷佳音从年初小说家里的执着寻女之父，再到这部为寻找佛头真相而舍命的角色都下了很大功夫。药不然也是很妙的一个选角，隐忍负重，游走于五脉与老朝奉之间，是天才，也是权谋者，李现戴眼镜开始鉴宝的那瞬间感觉就很对。辛芷蕾是美的，不是花瓶那种，带有质感，没有黄烟烟的步步协助，许愿走不到最后。葛优饰演的角色付贵，不知道是巧合还是致敬以往角色，垫起整部电影的承转合。而且葛大爷一出场，全场笑翻，专为欢乐气氛而生的葛优啊！虽然最后有遗憾，但不负许和平重托。放在春节档应该很能打！
这爹还是律师跟他儿子简直是恶魔，小孩已经坏掉了，不带指正？看得快吐了，虽然他也被八零但是比那三个更可恶，被欺负不强大？欺负帮自己的，也是活该他被欺负，活该。简直被气到了，一个字烂
拍的挺生涩的，但是虐心了。勇敢爱，然后又害怕承担不起，本能的逃避，内心又煎熬。青春就这样在想念与痛苦中转瞬即逝了……
"我怎么爱你，这是我的课题，而你要不要接受我的爱，这是你的课题。每个人都守自己的本分，过自己的人生。"
这几年来少见的比较单纯的爆米花喜剧爽片，加上制作精良就是单纯的好看。配角比部分主角写得好，人物丰满高光之处一瞬间以为葛优是隐藏主角。情感和社会性也有但并非重点，好看在于两方打怪升级寻宝的较量，智商对决，虽然看上去是寻宝故事，但其实是个推理解谜电影，编剧设计谜面花了很大功夫，推理过程毫不敷衍，重心全在这，谜底反转效果也很好，猜到了第一层的人物身份没猜到最后，没看过原著应该很难猜，真相揭晓后有种难以言喻的酸爽。当然也可能是很久没看这种解谜爽片了，导致并不怎么在乎主线之外的情感线。整体调性很像多年以前徐克的狄仁杰系列，这个故事确实适合系列化。
弱化被霸凌者的痛，把当事人的恶转移到父母们身上。很难说这种恶是百分百的恶，最起码他们的“悲悯”里还有对各自儿子的爱。
除了少量桥段剧情略有点牵强 整体是足够到位的商业类型片～ ps 郑国渠的扮演者演技真惊艳
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