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.
吊诡的是困住她的这一切在我们这里的第一性是美。说不上来的喜欢，除了一个过于广告的剪辑段落。
总之如果不能让人物跟观众联通，那只能成为猎奇式传记
小K好美，但重复的崩溃还是让人疲惫
看了一半，小K演得挺好的，衣服也好看，只是这片子神经兮兮的又有些无聊，我不喜欢。我印象里戴安娜王妃是一个正面评价的女性，这片子里的却是一个恋爱脑的弃妇，在我看的二分之一里根本没有任何能让人有正面评价的表现。
小K的独角戏，太用力了，不如《王冠》版黛安娜自然。
看了一半，小K演得挺好的，衣服也好看，只是这片子神经兮兮的又有些无聊，我不喜欢。我印象里戴安娜王妃是一个正面评价的女性，这片子里的却是一个恋爱脑的弃妇，在我看的二分之一里根本没有任何能让人有正面评价的表现。
导演是查尔斯找过来的吧？我看他的确想做实“黛安娜是个疯子”的观点。
在王妃光鲜亮丽的背后是一整套严格的体系。为了保持王室的品味，不同时段需要穿特定的衣服，规定的时间要做规定的礼仪，一切宛如流水线般严丝合缝。但日常的，真实的，中产阶级不那么潮的生活才能够真正感觉到活着的质感。当黛安娜王妃扯下项链的那一刻，也是在为生来注定要戴上皇冠的命运作斗争。只可惜的是这部片子拍得不尽如人意，配乐太多太大声，情绪自始自终都被压着，感受不到叙事的节奏，对真正的黛王妃的取材也不够，只有最后一段蒙太奇暂且可以称得上是精华。
这其实是黑戴安娜的吧？大篇幅拍后厨费劲准备食物，然后戴安娜糟蹋食物；皇室规矩折磨戴安娜，然后戴安娜折磨皇室社畜…她的服装师be like：我都要睡了结果就因为你换衣服不肯拉窗帘（真的好没自由哦），现在我要跟个傻子似的在这缝窗帘
期待的是脱离刻板印象和小报花边新闻的Diana，但剧本创作竟然加深了这种对Diana的刻板印象，看完后感觉不太舒服。另外小k和chanel都很美，绿木的配乐加分。
3/5。比较有趣的观影体验。开头会觉得这表演别扭，看了二十五分钟直至中后段会开始觉得这嗯…气质风格“奇异”的“用力且带着脆薄别扭的神经质”的表演与影像风格和导演想表达的东西严丝合缝到令人心惊，说服力上升且展现出的综合气质极为美丽特别，但到了最后二十分钟，这种状态开始变得难以维持，像是被拉紧了太久的琴弦，开始喑哑、笨重、脱力、呆滞，然后是这个结尾……非常理解这个结尾，但在观感上完全对不起之前把这份心绪附着了幽魂的厚重感和压抑感：就这么简单地可以逃离吗？基调突然转变，使了很大的力道突然撤离，在为她的浮生半日逃离欣慰的同时也比较茫然。
5分，电影想表达的我都懂。
偏情绪表达的文艺传记 但美感又一点都不像传记 更像一个人的梦境
我就，很想问导演想表达啥……倒是看到片中的安妮·博林后，又想再刷一遍都铎王朝了。
十足的别扭，已经分不清是剧本有意强调戴安娜在压抑束缚的皇室生活中产生的别扭情绪的延伸，还是小k略微夸张的表演和娇柔的台词功底引发的别扭观感，只能说小k并不适合这样的角色，对戴安娜的演绎具体如何有待探讨，但她自带的少年气很难让人相信她同时还在扮演一位母亲。
小k给人一种用力过猛的感觉，可惜真实结局远不是电影中的那样*配乐又是绿木，拿捏到位
怼脸，耸耸肩膀，左右转头，露侧脸，反复如斯，我像是在看她为Chanel高定拍广告拍封面而不是拍电影。
这版戴安娜唯一的关键词就是惨，几乎没有人格魅力可言。也与任何丈夫出轨婆家强势的女性没有本质区别，嫁入的不止是豪门而是皇室罢了。
强烈的溺水之感。然而只展示情绪的代价有点大，总给我一种小K演了个疯婆子的错觉。
乍一看太像EmmaWatson了吧，让她演说不定也有一番看点，通篇不敢大声说话真的看得人要抑郁了，那个whisper的氛围真的压抑，太堵了
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