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.
6分。质量不行，几个小故事基本都是猎奇向而不是恐怖向，没什么看点。可能也就印尼疯狂医生那段还不错，各种人和机械的混合设计有点味道。
印尼拍的3最好 剩下的粗制滥造 非要加个又闪又跳的录像滤镜太刻意了
除了印尼机械义肢变态改造博士的那个故事略显违和和游戏感外。各个故事都是传统的B级血浆片风格。特效也很给力。
就第三个故事的后半段大杀特杀还有点意思。。。
高于预期。 血腥与惊悚的完美调和，造就了极致的“下饭”体验！ “机械姬”那个故事甚至可以收录在《爱死机》里了。
用录像带的渣画质营造年代感，喜感和恐怖感的结合很难捏合，鼠人完全是艺能人金广发的拍法，呕吐物融化人脸还算有趣，接棒的篇章冗长乏味。
邪典伪纪录片回归了，观感实打实的比第三部要好。年代感满满，无惊无喜，不过依旧有新意，血浆爆点在第三个故事，整体倒也不难看。
可拉倒吧。不知道为什么没了之前系列的味。扑面而来都是寓言故事、
《下水道鼠人》4⭐半，《守灵人》4⭐，《科学怪人》4⭐，《爆炸吸血鬼》3⭐，很吃这种第一视觉的伪记录片，第一视角代入感极强。
看之前伪纪录真得厌倦 过程中天呐这太……和我想得不一样 看之后好喜欢即刻看完本系列其他 storm drain 女记者站下水道口那段氛围太棒 the empty wake 有猴爪遗风 the subject 人机合体纯血腥 terror 吸血鬼反杀是凑时长 今年快结束只有两部不错 这部和怪奇宅 灵媒本可以不错
下水沟鼠人+棺材丧尸+硬核机械人+血爆漂亮国
拍的不错，符合我的观影三大定律，看了这么多电影，这个还是挺新颖的！
伪纪录片的形式电影的经典，依旧是一个主线做过渡，里面穿插4个故事，对于故事没什么好多说的，有好有坏，第三个最经典，第二个不行，道具制作真的满分，拍完电影拿去做鬼屋都能再赚一票。
额 恶趣味 好无聊哦 本来打算认真开 可是这拍得就不认真
电影的做旧感很好得加深了它的恐怖感！看完实验室那个片段得停下来缓缓，真的太恐怖了。
整體來說，機器人與人融合這個故事算是幾個故事中觀賞性和隱喻性平衡度最好的一個。
最后一部录像带真的莫名搞笑，就是说临走前想让大家轻松一下吗
美式恐怖是激进的邪教，印尼恐怖是变成怪人不被社会接受，中国恐怖是……反正也没人拍，算了不说了，这一部劣质录像带感减少了很多，演员台词太过关、构图太专业、剪辑节奏太恰好，大大降低了故事的恐怖程度
不是，我看了一下，导演也没换呀，怎么水平下降这么多？特效也假，像是为了伪纪录而伪纪录。前三部，特别是前两部那种惊艳的感觉没有了。
还不错，制作痕迹很重，不像之前那种纯原生感，竟然还有转场，故事的口味还可以，除了恐怖分子那个有点墨迹，剩下的都该好，最好的是人体实验那个了，
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