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.
剧本并不能说特别好，但妙在各自之间，每个角色的独特设计与演出，以及角色与场景的融洽。相比日本动画擅长的横轴延展，本作呈现中国动画的形式在于多处化横向银幕矩形为局部视野，以纵向徐徐拉开一幅幅卷轴画，上至云顶，下至城邑，天界人间的神话体系早已决定着这种现代演绎形式。
男主演技实在是好。上次看他的电影是演个落魄男，这部电影是演个成功男，都演得很到位
三十来岁了，在电影院一本正经看小时候看的动画片，想必那些滑稽的片段童年看时我应该只会哈哈大笑，现在我不会笑了，而是不住地感叹幽默桥段、画面和搞笑动作设计的是多么有创意。在被日漫和美漫统治的今天，看到曾经的国产动画是这样有自己的风格和特点，无法不去惋惜它的凋落。“不重复别人，不重复自己”，这是主创人员督促自己艺术创作的信条，或许也可以是现在国产动画创作者遵循的准则。
不知道为什么这部评价这么高……而我小时候竟然没看过……不过总的来说还是挺有乐趣的，尤其是后半部分哈~
《天书奇谭》最让我感动的是影片最后一段的纪录片，不由得感叹老一辈艺术家们的用心，他们在追求艺术的道路上一丝不苟，每一个部门都有着相同的目标，这不单是物质的快乐，更是精神的升华。
当官的家人是坏的。
女儿说，这是她近期看过的所有动画里的第一名。
也算是国产动画的经典之作了吧，比我年龄还大，那线条，那色彩，那人设。岂是喜羊羊等货色能够媲及的！
第一次看动画会觉得黑暗势力-狐狸精很恐怖，好像一直没看到故事后续
当一个人犹豫是否要做那件事的时候，就是内心在提示你不要去做，因为不是对的事。
小学上课的时候做了本 天书 被老师批评了....
节奏，画面，音乐，讽刺，现在的国产动画片怎么都缺失了呢，尤其那段妖精跳舞的，放现在也是亮点
里面的小主人公蛋生把天书看了一遍就背下来了，厉害!还有蛋生吃饼的动作也帅呆了。《天书奇谭》情节曲折，实在是扣人心弦啊。
既有故事性又有娱乐性，各个人物都立得很饱满，毫无疑问给五星。从天书象征的privilege 到贪婪的官差、向往公正的民，再到皇的高高在上，每一场戏都很值得推敲，结合出品年代来看，立意实在大胆又先锋。最后要夸一夸修复团队，看完幕后才知道很多音轨是完全重制的，太用心了！！😭
没想到即使是天书上的法术，也不能凭空变出东西来，金银和食物都是从百姓家里搬来的，连神仙都不能从根本上解决资源问题，只能靠仙法干涉分配上的问题，因此得利的人直呼遇见活神仙，反之就打为邪门歪道，总之神仙就是靠不住。
意味很多
一本从头到尾四个人的电影，到后来劫匪的一句话提醒了女主，过段了结了丈夫，再嫁祸给劫匪，其实半个小时就足够了。
天書法術、狐狸成精、皇帝小兒、奸詐白臉、善惡兩分，完全是中國傳統文化中浸染誕生的動畫。
为什么都说师父死了？看的版本不同吗？小时候印象最深的是缸里出来了好几个爸爸，现在看原来是个中国版好奇心加持的普罗米修斯的故事。
蛋生：打倒了妖精却无法击垮体制，拯救了百姓却无法拯救师父。
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