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.
瞎改，改的乱七八糟，演员表演用力过度，情节夸张不合逻辑，失败。
镜头很真实，跑半天跑不掉也很揪心，躲着以为安全了，结果又被抓住，蚌埠住了～
亮点是黄政民最后出现幻觉的眼神还是挺吓人的。
从风格到立意被《解救吾先生》全方位吊打，黄晸玟又一次化身所向披靡的英雄人物（剧情需要还刻意安排了警察无能和绑匪内讧），只不过拯救对象是他自己，这也完全成了一种宣传噱头。不如处理成玩韩影梗多找点熟人客串的喜剧片。
比解救拍的好。全程紧张度把握很好。青出于蓝胜于蓝。
但完胜刘德华的前车之影
尽管是翻拍，感觉就完全是2个故事，整个故事又是韩国工业电影惯用的套路，黑暗血腥暴力，却失去了整个故事的亮色调，而且说真的尽管绑架犯看上去很变态，但说真的这种变态太外在了，第一次认识王千源就是这个电影的原版，那才叫恶。尽管是黄政民的表演，但说真的，很多不应该有的身份特征加上动作戏就让人感觉假了，你就是个普通人没那么多乱七八糟的东西。最后，原本其实把警察的故事线弄得很通顺，但是翻拍警察就是一个工具，如果不是为了让黄政民像个普通人，我估摸着导演和编剧都不打算有警察这条线。
噫！这最后一幕，是以为我没看过《苦难》嘛！！！
代入感极差，私生饭要求政民念台词，阿西吧累～，原版珠玉在前，叙事节奏流畅各方面的优点，在翻拍这里都没有，反派缺个“余皑磊”式的人物。
那些人可是罪犯啊！！！你们可是带枪的警察啊！！！打斗跟玩儿一样
比刘德华好的黄政民。
黄政民演这种角色的确是信手拈来，只是通篇没什么惊喜，而且看过综艺发现其实黄政民本人是比较腼腆的，有点出戏
韩版解救吾先生，虽然有黄政民演自己，但是从剧情到角色深度都比我们原版差不少，特别是韩版绑匪，和王千源的原版完全木有可比性，原版绑匪实在很难超越…
字幕一出就马不停蹄的看了 黄政民作为一个演员武力值也太高了吧 面对绑匪 两个警察都不如一个瘸腿的黄政民 朴成雄的客串也很惊喜啊 brother梗真是过不去了😂
黄政民演什么像什么，可惜最后却翻车在了出演演员上，痕迹太过明显不说，甚至有些用力过度……韩版《解救吾先生》，甚至于不如韩版《毒战》，匪徒的逻辑刻画甚至有些毫无逻辑，那种属于反派角色的魅力真的一点没有表现出来，正反双拉胯，这也是我觉得不如原版最大的地方了……
就算没有《解救吾先生》珠玉在前，本片自身的质量也就一般般......
配角比主角更加出彩，但不得不佩服犯罪分子的愚蠢。
比解救拍的好。全程紧张度把握很好。青出于蓝胜于蓝。
从开头就知道质量了，翻拍不成功，还得需要像王千源一样的大恶人形象，完整的故事线
这种翻拍电影交给新人导演练手攒经验倒是不错！
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