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.
Literally the best fan service of 2022 and the heaven for old animation lovers!!! After producing too many suck stream movies during the Covid, it seems Disney finally rediscovered what movie they should make. Anyway it’s a warm work, the classic Disney style, which is also my fav^
哈哈! 疯了一样的world building. 没想到这么有趣. 好多东西需要去回顾. 是因为是没有存在感的奇奇蒂蒂, 才会被允许这么玩吧. 想象迪士尼的高层看到这个片后决定把它放到迪士尼+的样子
Teaser比电影好看。可惜这个世界观，这么好的点子，奈何剧情...实在太老套。每一个剧情，每一个反转都让人猜到也不容易。唯一没猜到的是实在太经典了，怎么可能，结果电影说：“yeah！虽然很老套但是here we come！”于是故事发展这么无聊，支撑我看下去的只有边边角角的小彩蛋，可是说实话太少！干巴巴、一点都不感人的文戏占了大半部分，可爱的、有想象力的地方怎么都不够看。电影自嘲自己的笑话不够好笑，但，真的不够好笑。
2D的Chip和3D的Dale破镜重圆 集齐天降奇兵队伍拯救伙伴～ 可可爱爱 各种各样被盗版的 正版的童年回忆们 但是为什么要这么对小飞侠？
6.2分。除了情怀啥都不是。唯一一个人演的主角还是个黑鬼，可悲的好莱坞！
客串角色是多，但有名气的真的很少，故事也挺无聊的，不过，“丑索尼克”再就业是真没想到哈哈哈。
实在看不下去了，三表哥怎么还能接配音的活啊......
三星半，四星给国产电影鼓励一下！剧本很有趣，表演都很棒，虽然有的地方比较扯，节奏有点奇怪，但是还是很值得看的！
剧情算不上惊艳，玩梗也不足够烂。但是乱七八糟的neta还是很好笑，喜欢僵硬的游戏建模，paul rudd的auntman出场也真的笑了。
★★★☆ 分分鐘有梗，處處皆彩蛋，真人動畫還算個啥，要玩就玩得飞起，把真人+2D+3D+CG+定格+布偶都整上，然而融合了那麼多要素，卻並美歐縫合怪的感受，反而讓人沉浸於這種玩的氛圍中，而用老牌IP講過氣動畫角色的中年危機以及盜版問題，也著實是相當機智的切入點，最後五人組重聚復出拍的那些電影，忍不住就要聯想一下那些混跡在各種網大中的過氣港星們了。By the way，誰能想到，這些年迪士尼旗下各分公司中，作品質量發揮最穩定的會是迪士尼動畫呢，甚至時不時還能讓人驚喜一下。
太多梗应接不暇 以及Peter pan大型塌房现场
first and second banana。
秀版权的成人向动画，2D和3D混搭在一起也挺自然的。奇奇蒂蒂是可爱的代名词，搞得这么社会摇……没想到是一部反盗版宣传片。
对比迪斯尼的那些糖水合家欢，这部作品里的一些梗和讽刺有点狠，甚至有自我冒犯的意味，大概是原作太过久远和低龄，用现在的方式来翻新不太合适，所以成了这种以调侃和致敬的主基调，但是剧本主线仍旧让人提不起兴趣。
想起小时候玩《松鼠大战》的美好时光了，真是怀念。
有版权就是大佬大佬！！爱怎么搞怎么搞！！！这部也告诉我们，2D永远的神来的，不信你看奇奇和蒂蒂，3D简直丢在动物群里找不出来。其实我很担心，奇奇蒂蒂的小饭桌，被人踢翻呢，毕竟这么小。真人动画2D3D一起混合双打，不违和。
不太好看，迪士尼动画我目前觉得最无聊的一部
迪士尼自黑得飞起，这次真是玩梗玩疯了。虽然剧本非常简单套路，能看得出来就是奔着卖情怀去的，但是没想到竟然能拉到这么多经典角色客串，甚至还看到了一堆友商角色，OMG我的眼睛真是用不过来了……
太多梗应接不暇 以及Peter pan大型塌房现场
花栗鼠跟许多经典美式卡通大集结。这片定位还是很尬的，故事低幼向，打得却是8、90年代一代人的情怀牌。
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