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.
修行，在一切时，在一切处，在一切人，在一切事。
剧情单薄，演员表现不错，创意十足，要是能有所延展就更好了。中秋唯一选中的电影，老少咸宜。
陈湘琪和黄柔闽都演得有点好，让人有点害怕。
开头设定不赖，女主一出场整体拉垮，倒也不是说演员不行，属于是剧情走向开始整体拉垮…
導演告訴我 婚姻就是被困在有限空間裡的牢籠，是親密關係間的政治博弈，是妻子靠靈修希望直視深淵化作小鳥，是丈夫沈默不語失蹤逃避放縱。用攪拌機尖銳聲音和故意推倒的啤酒來無聲發洩，是不再主動改變，任其一次次互相傷害再相安無事維繫家庭往前走。導演說想拍是因為周圍大部分朋友到了50多歲的年齡都出現了婚姻問題，他在反思，婚姻制度與人性的關係。如果放在香港更偪仄的環境下，親密關係又將怎樣呢？
一般般，没说的，中年危机的话题，人生哪个阶段都有问题。
我觉得分数给低了，整部片除了结尾有些俗套，启始情节，动画效果，台词都还算不错，一些小梗更是玩得很溜，比如作为彩蛋出现的花妞。#20211121
《庄子·大宗师》：「彼何人者邪，修行无有，而外其形骸。」成玄英疏：「彼二人情事难识，修己德行，无有礼仪，而忘外形骸。」可见在古人看来，修行之格局无谓也就是情事罢了。影片以小见大，以静制动，以今论古。修是修心，是对婚姻格局的重新审视；修是修补，是对原生家庭的隐忍维护。行是前行，是对人生准则的坚持不懈；行是笃行，是对忠贞不渝的重新解读。结尾的戏份很巧妙，由婚礼的嬉笑打闹转场为士后排的了无生趣，仿佛短短的一段路，即是半生。耐人深思，值得玩味。
是寡淡的生活。男主在商超遛狗回避家庭，女主修行回避生活，生活过分压抑。但即使到这样也只是压抑的继续过下去。这个家和《怪胎》里最后男女主同居是同一个家哎。另外就是，本片有比格犬出演，出场短暂，但充分显示了其不驯服性。最后，在台湾，明明防疫政策没那么严格，但电影作品里也会有口罩，而我们，防疫政策如此紧张，除了抗疫主题的电影，其他电影中却少见口罩。
幻想也是需要经得起推敲的，而不是胡作非为恰烂钱。
钟声不断响起，鸟飞了进来却出不去，被困在门外的人。
林狗有笑到，但除此之外就没有任何笑点了，特别僵硬，结尾有点温情…国产喜剧是什么毛病？逗不笑你就硬往温情上头扯？
最后林狗的客串太惊喜了哈哈哈～
中年婚姻生活肯定会是空洞、乏味、无趣的，就像这部电影一样。有的地方没必要走神叨路线，陈湘琪再次在电影里复制了有如当年的“撞门”的表演神迹。镜头切换看不懂，很多无对白的镜头，导演刻意用这种镜头语言的表达来体现情感？看得好累。
灵修改变不了中年夫妻静如死水般的生活，只会陷入过度的自责和非常的想象，不免产生心魔，他们缺乏的是沟通。
女子高中生真是个美好的名词😂
看得出导演在很努力地制造笑点，但是整个厅没有一个人笑的时候，真是尴尬得无声胜有声，情节设计莫名其妙，既然是幻想，那么靠幻想来解决问题是绝对不可能的，如果不是幻想，那莫名其妙地实现了很多手段又不给科学的解释，一个精神病医生塑造成了精神病，一个小偷塑造得像个弱智，反派也是个傻逼，都没有一条狗塑造的好。营造的世界又说服不了观众，纯是主创自嗨。一个网大水准上了院线，资本的力量可真厉害。建议啊，想拍幻想和爱情就学学《白日梦想家》，别浪费这么好的阵容了，观众不是傻逼。
但是这部电影烂飞了！
反正也不是想杀人只是想被杀而已随便你吧。。。(？
从片中展示的女主生活细节可以看出，她乱七八糟地修了诸多法门，这类人一般要么特别厉害有智慧，要么就特别蠢把大把精力时间及一切果都寄托他处，希望天上掉馅饼，却依旧不愿真正行动去面对自己最恐惧最该面对的现实。
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