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.
艾默里奇善用的灾难套路，可是很明显，他对这个创意的知识储备并不是很足。
No.2455 随随便便就把地球给拯救了，通关太简单了些。最后为了凑一个合家欢，把“邪恶”的军方给干掉了，把有钱的后爸干掉了，把没有家庭、母亲认不得的“失败者”干掉了。
天呐，这个设定也是很喜欢，让我忘记了剧情忘记了演技这回事儿，月球真迷人，肯定有什么小秘密，哈哈。
个人英雄主义的把其他人和机构搞成负值了，讲不通。但我喜欢帕特里克。
感谢艾默里奇重新定义灾难片，因为片子本身就是一个灾难
但情节的惊喜程度比较少，感觉都是主角光环，除了主角，其他都是蠢人。
最后小胖的意识被月球收编，是在cue男主的《招魂》吗？
还行，虽然bug多，但很多技术细节展示吊打现在许多所谓科幻片了，节奏也不错
节奏太快，结构老套，科幻硬伤，不经推敲，唯一的优点就是特效不赖。
野心挺大，也算是大制作了，就是硬伤槽点也太多，不能得高分的。
特效场面还行，把月球描绘成一个巨大的机器，很有创意！
如果你是ai你会去地球吃自助餐还是在月球撞几十年的墙？
其实看阵容就可以想到了。。。德国艾，于文文【中方投资】。。。听起来像不像独立日2？
地球部分的故事挺无聊的，戴森球部分多拍拍就好了，现在这个比重是为了省成本吗。
这不是硬科幻也不是软科幻，这特么是扯科幻，但其实你一直科幻下去也行，但是太多没必要的emotional damage啦
支持下主创团队，其实是那么简单纯真的理念：“世界看不起我我就要努力证明自己，而成功与否似乎不那么重要，在向前的过程中，我还是和依然是咸鱼的自己和解”，但还是能感受到十足的相信，十足的相信之外还有几分成功学的算计，气质又蠢又灵，憨态让人摸头，这就叫做天真功利的成功学吧。
宁毅与苏檀儿的低低配版……倍速拖着进度条看看打发时间，同样的套路不新鲜后也就那样，最后非往赘婿上靠也是，看出编剧努力了。
BDOer狂喜。在2022年的美国科幻灾难片里，你甚至能听到白人救世主说“我们的中国朋友给我们提供了某某设备，有了它我们可以直接干啥干啥。”
3.5；效果还是不错的，可惜大家对这种灾难套路实在审美疲劳了；难得在影视作品里看到戴森球
整体是老旧俗气的灾难片，艾默里奇还是那陈旧的几板斧，但我并不觉得此片一无是处，后半段开始有点b级片的神棍感觉，甚至有几段不合常规的视角和视效呈现还蛮有意思的，当成一个消耗时间的高投资b级片看还是能收获快乐的，尤其是在这个影院苟延残喘的时期，需要一些电影来强调影院存在的必要，哪怕是俗套老气恶趣味的。
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