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.
6/10。可以看到许多乔丹皮尔的影子。优缺点都很明显，不直面死亡而采用多角度侧写加强了电影感。黑女最后召唤糖果人杀死白人警察，联系到现实情景，可以说是出了口恶气（但电影的社会性过于直白，或者直接剪辑真实新闻来摆明檄文属性）。铺垫长了些，没有糖果，生理刺激少，蜂巢的黑人社区比喻可以更明显。
这很芝加哥
原版就不喜欢 糖果人这个恐怖角色毫无魅力
年度top5。躲藏在恐惧后面才可以保护好自己，故事就是武器。故事设计和角色设计都非常棒，借不得志艺术家的身份溯源勾勒出一副假装xx已经不存在的世界。没有废笔，审美也很棒
'They'll never know what you sacrificed for them' from Wandavision. Compare to being a 1992 Candyman remake or sequel, it's more of a woke version of Velvet Buzzsaw. 1/10. UNWATCHABLE.
2.4/比起原片 有点奇怪 说不上来是隐喻太严重还是什么 有点乱炖的感觉 从都市怪谈变成了为了平权不断杀人 每个蜜蜂都是冤魂？
这部是1992年版的糖果人的续集，里边的男主其实就是当初92版女主救出来的那个婴儿。氛围和悬念上比92版的好不少。影片启用的主要演员都是黑人演员，加上影片意图是对黑人不公平地位的控诉，所以影片引入了更多的ZZZQ要素。悬疑和恐惧感，也就仁者见仁智者见智吧。至少和温子仁导演的影片惊悚感是无法相提并论的。所以本片的ZZ寓意超过恐怖感。5分吧
60/100，整个体系非常乔丹·皮尔，用恐怖类型架构承载议题，在该作中主要目的除了直接且当下的种族问题控诉，另外也简要梳理了一段美国士绅化历史（尽管引述这一切的根源仍然是精英化的）。但不足在于趣味和表意的平衡都逊色于他自己导演的作品，后半开始乱套，结局该说是过于天真吗？所幸这位新人女导演的调度还算精彩。短时间内《逃出绝命镇》是难以被超越了。
D+ / 太急切地想要靠近乔丹·皮尔式的黑人政治隐喻恐怖类型片，但对于剧本的创意还欠打磨，反倒是隐喻过于急切，四人中亚裔感觉到危险率先跑掉的情节本身就是没有什么逻辑的生硬隐喻，更何况本来就是老版糖果人的续作。镜子的运用、摄像机视点的选择有有意思的地方，但太少。
摄影方面还是不错，和都市传说的风格相得益彰；剧本层面是很失败的，连故事的完整性都做不到。
怎么回事，恐怖片这么中间还要夹杂一段说教，然后又忽然开始乱杀起来，感觉像看了几部片子
细看画面，数次察觉镜头向面孔推近或打特写，又看见镜头拉远框柱社区——这是图像深植文本的痕迹：它呈现那些发出诉求的人，还描绘带着社会遗症的环境。影像处理像文本一样呼唤，故事中这片区域供给叙事力量，而先后出现的面孔就是苦痛的直接参照，当然不必躲藏，因为不光残杀是血淋淋的，受过苦痛的男主和糖果人本人也是血淋淋的。
乔丹皮尔怎么回事啊？离开种族问题就不会写剧本了吗？基本没有血腥镜头，吓人度五六分吧。两段皮影戏动画做得蛮好的。
3.5；节奏感足，构图和光影一流，各种角度的切换也较为流畅。然其整体套路依然十分陈旧，还是跳脱不了大部分恐怖片都有的那种傻傻的感觉。多处场景让我联想到《闪灵》，又让《闪灵》在我心目中的地位提高了。
摄影方面还是不错，和都市传说的风格相得益彰；剧本层面是很失败的，连故事的完整性都做不到。
好家伙，又是恐怖塞进去政治议题。这还看不出政治议题，那我就只能……
氛围和美术都相当优秀的恐怖片，我知道豆瓣比其应得的分数-1星的理由大概是全黑人演员阵容和对于种族不公的控诉过多（毕竟这是部恐怖片 而导演又不是斯派克李）
不是那么无聊，可能是我比较色，喜欢这种稍微带有一点色色的电影。
本片传承自92版Candyman，当初的Candyman是白人圣母，本片的candyman是圣母搭救的婴儿，长大成人，继承成为Candyman。
拍得什么垃圾玩意，像是黑人的意淫一般。预告里就很蠢的白女学生招唤糖果人的桥段，在影片里变得更傻了。
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