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.
开心麻花的又一部烂片，既不好笑也不感人，舞台剧的效果，网大的观感
各种恶俗煽情拼贴。令人作呕的抠图特效。情节人物，真的是连班级出的小品水平都不如。继星爷之后，就再没有触碰心灵的喜剧了吗？
完全不是三谷幸喜式的精致小品了，麻花的改造非常彻底，但影院里的笑果也代表了某个层面上的成功。短评里有一个说的太精准了，笑过就笑过，啥也记不住，像吃了安眠药做了个没印象的梦，但钱花了！不说了，我要去截图保存那条短评了！
还未看原版，先给打四星。和原版对比可能会失望，和近几年的开心麻花对比却还算满意。
戏中戏，很有趣。这才是贺岁档该有的样子，笑点密集，过年开开心心就完了。
比预期的好看，剧情曲折逗趣，很适合假期消遣，就是场景太出戏了，一看就是摄影棚，电影话剧化。看多了魏翔的喜剧配角，还真是第一次看到他演男一号，演技还是很过关的，相比之下马丽显得不在状态，眼神总是很迷离，陈明昊有点模板化了啊，这次的角色跟扬名立万里几乎一模一样嘛。
魏翔终于要演男一号了，喜闻乐见！电影比不上原版，但魏翔表现不错。
博特曼没了消息，桑谢斯被大巴黎超车，夺冠一个月了管理层新的内斗剧本还没结束。真该把这电影抄送给新老板。伤害米兰，马尔蒂尼拿大炮轰来我真捂不住！
没抱多大期望，没想到笑点密集，翻拍本土化处理挺好，某些影迷梗也还算有趣，中间一首穿插的《天才白痴梦》真的是神来之笔！魏翔演技很不错，最后的花絮确实挺令人动容，魏翔其实更多是在演自己，戏里戏外都是第一次演主角
好感度较高，是关于电影的电影，故事挺吸引人的，就是拍得一般吧，男主演值得这张电影票。
对比日版原片，增加的几个笑点都很成功，好笑又不影响情节推动，但好笑却没什么内涵，而原片却不失内涵。目前看来，国产翻拍片的天花板仍是《误杀》。
笑点不多，我先生记得最清楚的就是那句我不相信你会弹死我。
居然不是个大烂片，男主非常给力，秒杀马丽，影片致敬了很多经典电影，表现一点不拉夸，没有山寨的low感，不错不错૧(●´৺`●)૭
后半段逻辑崩了，哈维中枪以后不管是死是活就扔医院里，小喽啰们也仅仅听了魏成功几句话就怀疑吉米了。哈维中枪了还能和好如初投资电影，属实是带好人。
Malsukcesa adaptado kiu perdis la animon de la originalo.
我要多一颗星给魏翔老师，大家都不容易。但我就想说，还是三谷幸喜最棒。
真的有笑到，魏翔以前的配角我都不咋喜欢，这一部让我对他改观了，“这是我第一次演男主角”，感情是真挚的。。这部借鉴了好多经典电影啊，雨中曲的片段居然直接照搬了版权许可了吗哈哈哈，麦吉可摸门，还是原版更好看些，但是开心麻花别的不说，把优秀海外影片本土化这一点，无疑是最擅长的。
三星半吧，知道是改编的时候就想着原来的画面质感，应该很适合开心麻花这样的舞台剧感觉，果然第一幕缓缓拉近就有那味儿了。这个杀手也很适合魏翔，看到片尾魏翔的感谢还是很感动的，该火起来了。
如果说这就是春节档最叫座的电影之一，那还真的挺遗憾的。5.5分。
很多小细节的笑点，内容挺丰富的，而且确实是能让人捧腹大笑，作为喜剧，很不错的~
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
