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.
吉沢亮竟然一点都不棒读 听着比尖叫鸡粗粗舒服多了
只想说，除了主角一个能打的都没有。同仇敌忾出来想靠勇气战胜水猴子，可是这么多人一点谋略策略都没有。好歹拍出点精彩的血性呢，结果啥也没有。一船人没有各自的的特点，要这一船打怪人干嘛。
不错不错！女主演技可圈可点，剧情逻辑能够自洽，值得一看
制片国家/地区: 中国大陆
这个异形立场转变是超越光速嘛？
只是了解到水怪的真相之后，让我瞬间想到了魅影……在最后，姐弟相认不过片刻又马上阴阳相隔，为那个孩子难过，哭的稀里哗啦(๑•́ωก̀๑)唉……
女主名字最棒，居然叫“青伶”！🙀跟我硕士期间一脑残同学同名，江湖人称“土豆姐”。😸
给个平均分，看大家评价比较分化极端，只看到这个剧场版的觉得水平一般。
恐怖没有，倒是挺悲哀的，被傻鄙天龙人扣个大帽子真的好惨，不知道什么时候可以反弹……
很多交代不清楚，女主她爹杀的水猴子究竟是啥？
但故事节奏真的有点诡异很容易出戏😂
编剧: 简士耕
P.S. 如果配合D-Box座椅感受會更深。
场景设置真不错，与世隔绝的小镇，树林加水域，女主几个口红颜色都挺好看，也有韵味，剧情略生硬
影片讲述的是女主寻找弟弟为其报仇，并触发一系列的回忆的故事，全片以弟弟的死为线索，影调偏暗色，配乐紧张，多用雷雨天气暗示水怪杀人，前期恐怖，后期反转，运用水怪恐怖的面孔反讽人心的丑恶，有了人心的对比我觉得水怪的面容反而变得不恐怖了
居然还挺戳我，分不至于这么低，多打一星吧。
恐怖没有，倒是挺悲哀的，被傻鄙天龙人扣个大帽子真的好惨，不知道什么时候可以反弹……
女主失忆那几个以婴儿姿势蜷缩的意象画面惊喜到我了，多给一星。
女主人狠话不多，该开枪时绝不废话，武力值比较高，为找失踪的四眼弟弟来到了有水猴子的小镇，镇上不断有人死亡，人人都对杀人如麻的水猴子讳莫如深，却又用生人祭祀它，供奉它。最终才被女主揭开真相，原来一直操控水猴子作恶的幕后黑手是贪心的人类为了掩盖运毒的目的。女主也记起来所谓的妖怪水猴子是自己患有遗传病的亲弟弟，最后水猴子为了救人也牺牲了自己。
质感和完成度非常高，不拖泥带水，环境烘托也超棒，结尾来了个大煽情，这些都是优点；当然缺点也很明显：类型题材来说，毫无新意，主题也混乱；题材风格可以混搭，如孤堡惊情就将恐怖和亲情糅合了，但想要出效果还得在某一方面下功夫；另外，故事竟让我回想起自己大学时期写的一个发表过的故事，搁置时间够了，是时候写点什么。
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