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.
五角场万达杜比，2020年的最后一场电影，8.4分+
刚来日本头两年，我就像是“游魂”，我也不知道自己在干嘛，拼命找所谓的“人生目标”。
就是纯粹的布道式的无聊。零共情导致零共鸣。
一片披萨足以让厌世千年的灵魂对地球多一丝眷恋，一颗糖果的时间就让众生为空想的道理拍案叫绝，收集起浮生一日的礼物，弹奏出跳脱世间的音乐，小鱼才向往着遥远的大海。彼岸的亡灵平静地迎接最后的光芒，来处的婴灵毫无顾忌地学舌地狱的发音，嘴上挂着无休止的抱怨，却是放手不下的人生火花。殿堂的孩子不能被任何东西伤害，生活想压倒一个人倒是有无数种方式，再怎么失魂落魄也会有人打破你的外壳，发完呆不如大声喊出我一天天在干嘛，宇宙的量子集合都未曾想过没有人生目标该怎么得到通行证，在地球待上一天便明白只是走路也并非平庸地活着。
你始终不明白，一万个美好的未来，抵不上一个温暖的现在。
还不错，很轻松，很典型的好莱坞剧本。但是idea还是棒的，新世界的规则我看第一遍没太看明白，对于新名词的阐释太过简单啦。遗憾是，jazz有点少了哈哈哈
没有给满分可能是由于观影当下的主观心情导致的，所以不确定换个状态来看会不会给满分；最击中我的竟然是那群与沉醉心流只有一线之隔的迷失在执念中的黑怪物形象，觉得自己此刻的状态应该就是这个，真是触目惊心；“你所苦苦追寻的可能就是你此刻身处其中的”这个老梗再次令此刻的我感到迷茫和懵逼，我仿佛正身处我的大海但是我时常感到溺水这是为什么orz；另，画面制作真酷！！！geek独具的炫酷！！！；总之，经典美式鸡汤可！！！
可以排皮克斯动画里倒数前三名，命题作文即视感。没错，回忆那段我还是眼泪流了一下巴，但是在疫情肆虐的一年之后讨论平淡生活中的珍贵细节，谁不难过？
社恐看了直流泪，丧逼看了会沉默，Your life is meaningless
皮士尼造了个梦，用两个小时带我们复习最初最简单的那个道理——热爱生活。世界上有这样一群人，这个世界可真浪漫美好。
皮克斯一如既往的稳，它就是能够在既定的条件下给你交出完美的答卷，即使你已经吃过它这套操作好几遍了也依然会折服于它优秀的讲故事能力。更不要说那领先于业界的制作水平，本片的人物动作和美术场景细节都可以说是做到了三维动画电影的巅峰。在拥有如此过硬的条件下，我们在回看整部电影后就能感受到，皮克斯式的成功也并非偶然。
可能预期太高，设定又太像coco+inside out，就没有很惊喜，但故事还是很打动我，应该是最适合治愈2020年的电影了吧
当你热爱生活的那一刻，你就找到了自己的火花
天啊！我居然对迪士尼的电影看不下去，我可是迪斯尼的忠实脑残粉！但这部之前我期待很高，看了50多分钟后我居然睡过去！
我大概就是22本2了。但即便我能够看到很多生活的火花，依然觉得活着没什么意思。披萨的香味，落下的种子，我体验过了，又怎样呢？没有要追求的目标和意义，一切最终还是那么乏味。所以，完全无法被打动。
题外话：22是不是很大概率会投胎到中国/亚洲啊！（要拿到hard模式人间体验卡了）发现男主Joe是杰米·福克斯配音的，他本身也是歌手/钢琴家，还演过雷·查尔斯传记片，请他配超合适～
成功以后好无聊的人生，还是人生活一次的态度好哦。
你始终不明白，一万个美好的未来，抵不上一个温暖的现在。
四星半。很惊人，竟然在这样一部看似过年全家欢的动画电影里看到那么多令中年人心有戚戚的人生话题。水与大海之辨是近两年缠绕我最深的泥淖，在庸碌而无法摆脱的生活中默默忍受，总希望有一个神迹般的拐点出现，从此如池水入沧海。其实神迹无处不在。Spark不是人被先天赋予的终极意义，那样生命本身就沦为了一个工具，它是在这美好又糟糕的世界中体会到“活着真好”的那一刻，也许来源自音乐，也许是一块美味的披萨，也许是秋日阳光透过梧桐叶照在脸上的一瞬，翅果如天使般飞向你。“追寻本身也是一种盲视”，打开对生活的感官吧。视觉效果非常舒适，迪士尼和皮克斯的技术当然值得信赖，心灵之境的触感应该很不错，但还是太喜欢纽约秋日街道，光影的处理值得一看再看。
虽然喜欢TinaFey，但是看了半个小时就看不下去了。尤其这个投胎世界的设定，啰嗦、无聊。
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