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.
青春又回来了，完整的第一层剧情，音乐画面表现都很棒
imax音画效果真tm让我虎躯一震。紫毛你为啥跑路了？
百合失败了，但是还是很喜欢米特。这个角色更加贴合我们的内心，最后虽然分道扬镳，但毕竟这是bg不是吗？
6.5 遗憾的亚总成长线。当他们讲述女角色成长的时候似乎总是不能将男角色的作用削弱。在桐人登场后的衬托之下，剧场版为了铺垫亚丝娜成长而原创的女角色显得滑稽而多余。亚丝娜在十多年对刀剑神域ip的开发下光芒逐渐暗淡工具化，就像其他长久ip中众多女角色一样，希望之后的系列剧场版可以让这个角色重拾魅力。总之是还是不错的情怀作。
后半有点迷，前¾还是很nice，要敢于争取自己权益
果然还是SAO精彩！！！不过问题也不少，制作方的不良癖好也…
ps:其实观影前更想看到的时亚丝娜独自加入骑士团发生的事
从亚丝娜角度讲述了开始，不全了亚丝娜的人物性格，开局和一些细节。剧情还是sao第一层的故事
把写的不烂的早期part继续拍出来，柑橘味气息&细腻的亚桐互动。依然要喊出那句：“我永远喜欢结城明日奈！”
這應該算是第一季的前傳吧，亞絲娜的視角真的絕。
番剧的故事很靠后了。剧场版突然复古讲最初的故事？卖情怀！我爱了！！最初的故事也的确是最好的故事。亚丝娜最高！！正宫最香！
和TV重复的内容有点多。另外，请欣赏闪光大人的英姿吧
吃SAO老本+搞百合，你小子是把财富密码整明白了呵呵 刀剑神域除了桐亚线别的都纯纯完蛋，重温SAO去了！！
Mito虽然丰富了一部分剧情，但是最后的转折比较突兀，本来她就不像是能轻拿轻放的角色，可惜处理的相当草率，没写死倒还是留了点补充角色的余地
只要看过了其他电影版，没有了期待，那么这个还是挺可以的
原创人物前面还还好，桐人出来开始工具人起来，还是做成番剧比较好。
回归初心Reset, 一切以人气优先, 亚丝娜赛高! 不过既然都全改写了, 后面不如让其他人气角色也进来算了, 反正还有99层。。。
第一次看这个系列，确实很适合再收割一波粉。不过很多文戏不知所云
前大半无聊，后半小时有启发，“为什么只有我们的职业被视为不道德？你们社区的男人来到我们社区，但却是我们的社区恶名昭彰，为什么？无论是谁出现在门口，我们不过问宗教或种姓，肤色深浅，富有贫穷，我们对人没有差别待遇，你们又为何歧视我们？为什么将我们排除在社会之外？执意要让我们无家可归，还想把我们的孩子赶出学校。我们的孩子没有教育权吗？我们的孩子跟你们的孩子不都是印度的未来吗？”“希望你将卖淫合法化。只要社会存在，卖淫就存在。就在我们说话的同时，有女孩正在被买卖，应该被惩罚的是买家和卖家，但真正的惩罚对象是谁？是那些无辜的女孩。我们所有的权利都被剥夺了，不管是学校、医院、银行，或超市排队的队伍…母亲的爱，父亲的保护，都被剥夺了。现在连家园都即将被抢走。法律？我们明明就是被害人，却被当作犯人看待。”
现在日本动漫也陷入了卖情怀的怪圈，老故事里加了一味调料它还是老故事呀，这样都能拿出来卖钱的话就有点儿过分了。作为看过旧番的我来说如同嚼蜡。
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