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.
大白的续集小小白……温暖而有思量！
又遇公式片，讽刺一波互联网自己不还是靠这套吃饭的？有种贼喊捉贼的感觉
还是经典套路结构。
最后的更新真的好吗，不过是提早帮你认识未来你结识的大多是表面朋友
开篇惊喜：上错车去见小修士，骂粗话的老阿姨，用口哨互相致意的父母，突然全裸的姨妈和全员不知所措的目光都十分有趣。还有迷人的那不勒斯夏天。父母因意外去世作为分水岭，男孩之后如何成长显得特别cliche，用梳子梳Emmmm“我帮你展望未来”23333
如同最后男主角和大师的对话，导演回到了他来的地方，用两个小时展现自己成长的记忆，那些成就他的，关于爱和失去、电影和痛苦。多半星给结尾，当男主坐上火车按下磁带，悠扬的音乐和玻璃上树与阳光的倒影，悠扬舒缓走向未来日式的结尾我特别喜欢。但是如果不懂马拉多纳和费里尼，看起来绝对非常痛苦……and上一个看的环境音如此重要的还是《家庭相册》。
最触动的是ron笨拙的用各种贴纸，将网络社交变为实体社交...然后是在床底变亮的那一幕，暖心程度远远大过于从森林里把阿布沙龙背出来hhh
7分。前面真的挺好玩的，但很可惜啊，罗恩把主角救出森林后就很敷衍了事了，感觉后面剧情像是快进一样，没有那么多细节铺垫，唉。
a bit slow in the first half and almost quit at the seemingly mrs. Robinson moment.. some interesting cinematography choices. the protagonist bears so much resemblance to Timothee C, a little distracting.. But emotions are strong, conflicted, and intertwined joy and pain, totally captivating.
这次感觉不像前两次那么理解困难，不知道是因为足球还是主人公的黑色卷发加衬衫总能让我联想到另一个意大利的夏天。
太私人化的影像回忆了，看到一个公众号说老马球迷看到都泪目了，请问泪目点在？肯定上帝之手的政治惩罚？为了主场napoli逃过一劫？还是小破城前无古人并且绝对后无来者地拿到队史第一座意甲冠军时的无动于衷？
关于机器，关于友情。
朋友是什么？总之不是依靠科技的虚假繁荣以及空虚感。
那不勒斯之夏，主人公法比拉经历了亲戚家里的各种闹剧，费里尼和拍电影的理想，马拉多纳降临那不勒斯，86年的上帝之手，父母双亡，青春期对性的渴望等等。导演索伦蒂诺的“罗马”。很喜欢前半段对意大利式的家庭聚会的展现，温暖，幽默，浪漫。结尾老爷子对男主说的话也让人回味无穷。
看了维斯·安德森的《了不起的狐狸爸爸》，再看《天赐灵机》就感觉没那么出彩了。其实就是《超能陆战队》的剧情的与时俱进版，表达了一些大数据对我们的影响和反思。社交网络下，我们的确越来越远了。 / 2021.12.28 公司
又遇公式片，讽刺一波互联网自己不还是靠这套吃饭的？有种贼喊捉贼的感觉
对现实中社交网络的讽刺恨不得写在人物脸上，然而对观点的展现过于粗暴，非是既否的简单二极定义，让整个故事没有悬念，也没有动画应有的想象力。
And真的想清楚这片子的目标用户群了吗？给成人看他无聊的打瞌睡，给孩子看是为了让他们以后能指着库克的照片说"这是我小时候看的动画里的bad guy耶！"吗？
充满着怀旧氛围的作品，像费里尼的《阿玛珂德》。回不去的小城镇、永远闹嚷嚷但无需和好的大家庭、少年的躁动与创痛。
我们社交娱乐的方式变得目不暇接，
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