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.
寓言诗电影，青涩外壳，恐怖内核……结局往复 有点电锯惊魂那种无休止的感觉
不知道为啥，这片看完让我有种怪异的感觉，引起了生理不适。。强行反转的剧情有点突兀。没看到什么深刻的意义，甚至可以当成三级片了。。
电影一般但真的没人能抗拒Mélanie Laurent
这反转把我给转晕了，女主那一脱，让我想起了《权游》里龙妈的第一脱。
女主的肉体 满含着我对女性9成的幻想。一边偷窥别人啪啪一边让男票从后面啪啪也是刺激得很。
看了五分钟就猜出来剧情套路了。除了一些美好的人体画面，基本上不值一看
这种电影学院速成两年的剪辑还是少学点吧
你站在桥上看风景， 看风景的人在楼上看你。 女主神似张靓颖
不过，就像其他豆友说的，没有后面的反转会更高级
反转虽然都猜到了，但还是wtf moment过多。每个人做事的动机和逻辑都很不符合常理。Sydney 的裸体那张照片真的拍得好美啊。哈哈哈哈哈。结局把两个人弄失明那里我就：？ what? They killed your bf and this is the best you can do?😂
上帝视角之所以叫上帝视角就在于God doesn't interfere啊！
下半年最惊喜，现代版《后窗》，唯一的缺点是结尾太俗，但导演的野心可以看出来了。男帅女美，要颜值有颜值，要身材有身材，要镜头语言有镜头语言，还是牛头人，夫复何求！本哈迪多演点这种，比坠机摔死的天使好多了！
“为什么相信上帝就没问题，相信鬼魂却不成体统？”
电影的氛围感布置的很好，令人有种沉浸式体验，尤其做Spa时候女主的那个咬唇真的q到了。可是中间一段无意义的说教，结尾夸张式的反转真是败笔，画蛇添足。
压抑 令人难堪 无止尽的痛苦 感谢最后的逃脱和救赎
后面的一个小时看的本圣母简直每一分钟都要暂停一下，太尴尬了，后面太扎心了。大无语，帅哥美女组合给我死🤮
在那个父权压制的年代 电影里的女性可以是试验品 可以是商品 但不可以是人 100多年以后的今天 毁掉一个人的方法依然是她疯了让她不祸害别人的方法依然是将她隔离 没有天生的疯女人 只有不断被制造出来的疯女人 可是能有几个人像尤金妮一样可以忍受暗无天日的禁闭和惨无人道的治疗 又能有几个珍妮薇芙这样能牺牲自己的人 前面长时间被压抑的愤怒与痛苦 直到电影最后20分钟舞会这个主题才带来一点宣泄的出口 伴随着两位女主交替的囚禁与自由 哭得停不下来
很奇妙的观影体验，分两次看完的，中间等待时候竟然很期待继续看，很久没有对片子后续有这么强烈的好奇心了，“当你凝望深渊的时候，深渊也在凝望你”，我可能像女主一样望着望着就陷进去了。片子还有两场我特别喜欢的啪啪啪前戏，镜头和剪辑施展的魔法，让验光仪的旋钮、刻度都那么有性张力。结尾多余。
好复古好病态，喜欢颗粒感的画面。梅拉尼做导演也能有模有样。
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