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.
看这版西区故事前，我一直很担心，因为老版的剧情实在糟心，但斯皮尔伯格几乎化腐朽为神奇般地用镜头，调度与高质量的舞美碾压过平庸的剧情叙事，让歌舞成为本片真正的主角，而叙事逻辑反倒退居其次。
但这新瓶装旧酒只停留在了“装了就行”，也不考虑加入一些深处这时代的思考和变化，原版怎么来，这版还怎么来。
拍的非常好！画面美轮美奂，表演感人至深。估计会去看这部的人，80%都看过旧版，所以它能拍好真的是靠导演的实力。查了一下1961年旧版也是拿了奥斯卡最佳女配，新版已经拿了金球奖最佳女配，可见女二Anita这个人物真是剧本最出彩，各种情绪冲突数她最多了，希望奥斯卡她也有提名
算是国师的芳华吧
除了全方位360°无死角的史皮堡对场景，演员的调度和他强大的控场能力之外全都是full shit。没看过原版，也想象的出原版多难拍，而这版因为男女主角特别是男主角演技差到一直跳戏，歌难听，演技差。一直很好奇国产剧出了个"只看ta"的功能，这一次全用在主角身上，除去主角们的狗血，情爱之外，就是一场对旧时代的拙劣致敬了。
斯皮尔伯格版本的《西区故事》在豆瓣快被骂死，但是在我眼里是一个完成度相当不错的故事新编。加入了transgender 类似的角色为了政治正确吧，也勉强理解。没有看音乐剧习惯的观众认真建议不要去电影院看，一个舞台剧改成音乐电影本身就会牺牲掉一些叙事（也和剧本有一定关系），听音乐看舞美就好。 新《罗密欧与朱丽叶》的故事放在什么时候，都能赢得我的几滴泪水，是时候去维罗纳看看了（虽然剧里发生在纽约啦！）
这剧情实在感动不起来 甚至觉得里面的每个角色都太幼稚了 没看过老版 对这版无感且无聊透顶 不敢相信是史蒂文斯皮尔伯格的电影（男主演技太烂了 女主倒还行 但也没到好这个境界）
算是国师的芳华吧
调度，开头一镜非常之棒，然剧情让人难以忍受
完全浪费时间，看过那么多歌舞片，这是第一个毫无美感的～曾经才华横溢的老斯，近些年真是越来越平庸
史皮堡老师您好，我来看歌舞片不是来上调度课的谢谢。
新版打磨了细节，让老版Anita参演情怀拉满，只是本身这个故事，尤其是在哥哥被刺死后女主的各种行为，她的动机至少要多写两三首新歌来过渡，不然这一段真的不流畅。
种族歌舞两群问题青年，男女主结局对比爱情过程太过草率也不符合情理了吧，没看过原版的我？？tonight还是挺好听的
3.5+ 重新认识（美国）歌舞片。歌舞片是自然的不自然运动，以奇观为唯一输出的cinema；音乐被运动引领，声音提供节奏，于是外在的情节都被奇观内简单叙事所取代。它是绚丽的，或许也是机械的，但这种形式却足以称得上伟大
标准的好莱坞工业流水线作品，来自最固守好莱坞经典制作风格的导演，故事都快被盘出包浆了，也就不奢求什么了，视听上几乎完全为叙事和类型服务，无论是导演还是观众，我们对现实与舞台的混融都已经驾轻就熟——这种成熟的工业体制反而让单薄的故事线更显孱弱，不得不依靠给女性角色加戏份（因为她们是旁观者所以加起戏来分外容易）来搪塞一下。看到片尾的For Dad，就会明白为什么斯皮尔伯格的歌舞片尝试要选择原封不动的翻拍——即便如此，你也没办法说这是部烂片，所有导演都得先成为斯皮尔伯格才行。
新版改让老妇唱Somewhere是个神来之笔，五十年已过，没有分歧的应许之地还是只能在电影中幻想
总有一种歌舞和剧情撕裂之感，男女主角的存在感接近可有可无
−： 编剧是库什纳？你放弃人生了？文戏全面崩盘，不对，是根本没动脑子写/文本仿佛现代了，又毫无现代性/男主你告诉我你的后台到底有多硬，小神马和你比都顺眼
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震惊，也太无聊了，难以想象是斯皮尔伯格拍的。
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