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.
开罗人真是个神奇的演员，上一秒钟我还在想这也太丑了，下一秒钟他脱了之后又觉得“咦，丑到一定程度还蛮性感的”，不过片子里的几位夸他chaiming又handsome的，这是啥眼神……
却匪夷地无法治疗肉体上的某些病症。
世事往往并不如人意
故事其实非常好，罗生门的角度改编了一个历史真实事件，但是节奏真的慢
也许有人不相信未来克隆人可以替代自己，也不相信现在人可以看到启承转退和人心意向。选择替代，就要承受所有的挣扎和不舍。选择知晓，就要咽下所有真相和疼痛。都是沉默和不可说。
结构上三方面对称，内容上并没有做到，主要是第二男主的爱情描述实在过于自说自话了。即便如此，依然不能说导演插旗在女权这边了，罗生门结构强调的就是对主观叙事的反思，甚至包括对女性话语权的反思。插旗的是观众，不是导演，就看观众能不能反思自己的主观叙事了。
非全知视角下的事实耐人寻味，但篇幅的分配是否又说明了事实？是张弛有度的故事，是刺激紧张的决斗，但在一个肮脏的基础上，这些粉饰都应当黯然褪色。生育工具？泄欲对象？挑逗暧昧？欲拒还迎？都不是，她是一个人，一个独立的个体，一个应当被尊重、应当被平等对待、应当掌控自己命运的女性。
千年世界轮回，究竟几何变化。
作者避开了忒修斯之船问题的哲学探讨，
生离死别也是一场自己对自己的战斗。Ali的演技令人折服，最后两个Cameron在阁楼里相遇的那一刻，2号的眼神太有戏了。
虽然是六百多年前的事情，但被侵害的女性所遭受的各种痛苦和折磨仍然在现代上演。罗生门式的故事结构不会掩饰，反而更加衬托了两位男主的残忍、傲慢和虚伪。
喜欢里面有一句台词：微笑和好话比威胁好用多了，哪怕你不是真心的
老雷，我的《异形》前传3呢？大卫后来咋的了？
看到一半我还以为有惊悚的走向，这虚晃一枪拍的够有气氛的。
眼神里都是戏～非常温馨的科幻电影，本以为这么高科技如此像《黑镜》会是惊悚剧情hhh
Respect the subject and all the design and stuff but nothing more.
既然可以將一個人的記憶、知能和潛意識完全移轉到另一個相同的軀體上，何不就讓原來病老的殘殼消滅？等於是腦部移植。這樣，就沒有同時存在兩個人的困擾了。
40岁的阿明拿魔改竹林中拼命讲道理。雷老头一大把年纪却玩弄细节搞这种小幽默实属文人和宅宅的区别。
全方位地证明了叙事艺术的魅力，这样的作品在如今“剧集盛电影衰”的时代里可太珍贵了。
此片也试图巨细靡遗地以高保真还原14世纪的众生风貌，欣赏原汁原味之外更有诸多细节耐人寻味，比如：①佳人的小黑狗，主人回来会吠，“良人”光临却不吭声；②大帅哥的小跟班在裁判所有一次（爽笑）特写，在角斗场有两次，事后就……最好别……
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