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.
模式化的灾难喜剧，警察和消防全员废物，自救过程也毫无逻辑，卡司不错算是看个热闹～
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太拖拉了，家长里短铺垫半个多小时还没进正题。
CAO 你们是个灾难片好吗2021-9-21 02:10:09
灾难mix喜剧有点创意的。看腻了悲惨灾难剧，来一部清奇的喜剧挂也别有一番风味。虽然新买的房子塌了着实很惨，但是李光洙的搞笑举止让我真的同情不起来（太搞笑了）！！拉到影片最后二十分钟，此时此刻119还没有成功的下到天坑🕳全员开始了自救行动。只能说蛮佩服韩国这个布景的，很逼真，很牛。
怎么说呢？这部电影让我连李光洙都喜欢不起来。看到房子掉下去，我居然面无表情内心毫无波澜。父亲掉进泥潭，儿子居然跟着跳进去救人。差点买一送一。超级无语。
对于善于煽情的韩国来说，这片完全是失败的，对于观众的情感调动是一点没调起来，一部灾难片，观众不能共情，也不会担心主角的遭遇，因为都知道他接下来会干嘛。
这部电影承担的社会责任很多，孩子们多看看吧。
冲着灾难片的标签来的，对过去几年韩国小成本的灾难片印象很好，比如《极限逃生》和《隧道》。但这次却有点失望，我可以理解小成本灾难片没有末日大场面，但至少不要糊弄我。相较于之前同样是密闭环境下的小成本灾难片，《隧道》明显就要优秀很多。韩国某公司的营销部组长终于靠拼搏在首尔的麻浦区买了间公寓，邀请同事来家暖房的次日 一整幢5层的楼房就因为地面塌陷了一个深不见底的巨大坑洞而下沉，最后，三男一女一男孩最终利用下雨天的雨水浮力而逃出了这个500米的大天坑。有意思的是，电影在豆瓣的译名叫做《地陷》，而我下载的电影资源译名叫做《天坑》，一看就是一对儿。这部电影既想拍出一部够震撼的灾难片、又想拍出人物之间社会和家庭的温馨关系、甚至还想抨击一下首尔病态的房价和当代年轻人病态的买房观念，想要的太多、反而捆死了自己。
从前面的偶尔搞搞笑后来发展成温情灾难大自救？一些角色真的可有可无，不懂铺垫了那么多是干什么用的？？？最后，辛辛苦苦一辈子，买啥逼房子啊，搞个房车多好！！！
李光洙被困出租车那段整片最好笑，小勋没的有点突然，毫无救助只有自救太讽刺了
好看，没反应过来就结束了！男主不认识，痞痞的还挺帅。能让我把片尾曲听完～不容易
既然是个胡扯的喜剧片，怎么不把人都救出来呢？
我只能想在石RM调侃的那句：光洙这样的角色怎么活得下来的😅
评分不高 但我觉得还行啊 进入主剧情 节奏有点慢 但几个情节还是蛮紧张的。黄色潜水艇真令人捉急啊。
期待过高。最感人的在老太太那一段。别的几乎没有亮点。
灾难喜剧，挺好玩，拍的不错，演员也都在线。大黄桶真的是太逗了。
本來應該毛骨悚然的災難片，在喜劇的包裝下，變作一家大小都適合看的合家歡電影。車勝元、金成鈞、李光洙，好比是王炸+4個2，喜劇效果直接拉滿。執著於某些劇情怎麼那麼無厘頭的觀眾，真的大可不必。喜劇就是要天馬行空、出其不意才好笑。每個笑匠都貢獻出正常實力的演技，已令到電影質量有了最基本保障，笑著討論生死等重大命題，也令到電影的後勁更足，入戲院看不虧。最後祝大家早日上車，一定要記得拿彈珠測試下地板喔！
还行吧，就是结尾那个桶……有点儿戏吧，救援也是……毫无用处😂😂
喜劇不夠笑點，災難片沒有緊張感，全員演的都是自己玩爛了的形象，全片沒有一絲驚喜
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