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.
其实还可以，制作比较精良，人体木偶那个真的挺吓人，木偶那表情太吓人了，就是太短了，展开演就好了。
能给负分吗 韩国别拍恐怖片了，各种梗都多少年了，还是拍拍黑帮变态啥的吧。辣鸡
看来这种随便翻翻书找个恶灵邪魔降世或者附体，然后弄死几个不作死就不会死不好奇就不会死的龙套，再被主角弄死的类型片还能拍一阵子，看着书都挺厚的。
补充：思前想后觉得这个剧本最大的缺点是没把斑目貘的计划性写出来，导致人设和赌局的有趣程度大打折扣，虽然也能理解是想让没看过原作的人理解行为动机
差评 冥婚那个其实可以在漏点！恐怖加点颜色才有搞头！
我觉得还行～有几个故事还挺对味。比如牙虫，人偶～
小男孩很灵很灵，应该多拍。剧情就比较套路化，不功不过的程度。
2星， 比较单纯的怪物片，加了点不幸的家庭背景，可以让一些生活不如意的观影者，借题发挥，打打拳。
看了片头，觉得嗯这小镇破败萧条的味道立刻就有了，等继续看下去，男孩新爹破膛而出，四处杀人，却毫无感觉。原住民信奉的神话鬼怪和男孩女主的怪物父亲没连上，让故事流于表面，那些杀人、尸体场景也像被泼了盆冰水似的把“恐怖”冰封住了，克制到这种地步很难把它当成恐怖片来看
⭐全给迫老师和认真试图还原的卡司们，不要作为电影质量的参考。
所有的星打给出演的shownu，与剧情无关，哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
那个寄生虫的啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊恶心死我了啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊我还是吃饭的时候看的啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊除了寄生虫那个太恶心其他都还好
十个小故事都不行，人体模型那个的很有视觉冲击力，但也仅仅是造型层面上的。
又是一部靠着流星颜值看完的电影，剧情不想多评论，米娜演技都很浮夸凸显的他表现的not bad！他真的很适合各种颜色的头发啊！ps 翔平出来的时候我一开始还没认出来
节奏不错，流星的演技也很好。就是有些可能只有看了漫画的人才能get到的点，而且感觉会有后篇。
画面气质很棒很舒服，如果剧情再好好展开一下完全可以给四星，有点可惜。
1 假人/面具 无神的眼睛
为什么不按着漫画拍啊，剧情稀碎。另外流星还是好帅。
是流星粉也看不下去的电影，剧本好烂，没看过原著，改编的剧情也太弱了，像幼儿园过家家。这简陋的布景，真的无力吐槽，这片投资应该是满少的，全篇就没有什么大场面，我的天这也能叫电影吗，只能称得上是一部超长sp而已，唯一亮点只有流星的银发了
其实故事框架与整体氛围还是不错的，导演追求一种懒散与落寞的气氛，只是故事的密度不够，细节与对白欠丰富与精彩，让影片显得拖沓。另外，作为一部恐惧片，让观众太早地猜到了结局，缺乏一种悬疑感与紧张感。
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