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.
老版歌舞就浮夸过头，新版还在沿用，而且对于拉丁裔的呈现反而更加强化了刻板印象，口音增强实在受不了，好莱坞银幕上的拉丁裔不愧是比亚裔还要更弱势的群体。故事很明显就是白人圣母视角。画面滤镜感显的廉价，老版视觉基本碾压。
优缺点都过于明显，太长了实在是
很难想象是Steven Spielberg导的= =
把一个本该跌宕起伏甚至震慑人心的故事拍得有些平淡甚至无趣了，节奏跟氛围营造都缺了点火候，基本上也就靠拉斯·艾丁格的表演撑着。
史皮堡老师您好，我来看歌舞片不是来上调度课的谢谢。
斯皮尔伯格就是那种永远不会出错的导演，确实是好莱坞电影教科书，但也难免就……没意思……
形式是很华丽的，但是这个“芯”实在是很难让人共情。男女主的表演堪称灾难。
好像什么都到位，但很奇怪，力不从心的感觉，故事就没能太有吸引力。
原版就除了镜头调度极其过誉，这版也就对一下政治不正确进行修正，剧情还是一样烂俗无聊，也就摄影调度勉强能支撑人看下去。
不要总以自己为中心，不是每个人都把你当人看。
非要拍老套故事能不能按老式标准选演员 秃头歪脸粗脖男主怎么撑得起一见钟情的故事 要不把女主改成瞎子？ 女二确实很不错
演员没什么问题，是题材不好吗，感觉拍的也有问题
旧瓶装新酒，现在的好莱坞真的是没啥可拍了吗？当然老斯的调度还是无话可说的
斯老师完全没想创新的事。他几乎就是在还原一个他脑子里六十年代版的「西区故事」。从选角到造型到摄影到灯光，通通还原六十年代初美国电影的模样。应该也是斯老师起步时的模样。所谓“不忘初心”，大抵如此了。
又是一部全程犯困但是好像没有错过什么情节的片子，罗密欧与朱丽叶在今天多少有点俗套，老斯也没挽救什么。说到歌舞，女一和Riff很出彩，Sondheim旋律还是挺典型的，但是似乎也没太出彩，尤其男一，全程尬歌尬舞，有点搞笑。(在upper west side看west side story)
虽然这是歌舞片，虽然这是改编自60，70年前的剧情。但是这剧情这爱情故事，真的是看得让我槽点满满。唯一一个不错的就是斯导的场面调控，还有那流畅的镜头，看的很舒心，只不过被傲娇的爱情故事看的有点揪心。
所以2021年了(不是已经2022了)为什么还要来看样板戏？可能也应当是属于当下的，Speilberg想要我们看到炫光产生的地方，倾听未曾被注意的声音(西语)。视线被蒙蔽，听力被破坏，语意被改写。我们努力去倾听，依然无法理解；我们努力去表达，依然言不由衷。
What are you doing, Spielberg???
笑场无数次 其中一次因为男主演技太差笑到浑身出汗
又一部IMDb评分高于豆瓣评分的电影，而个人观感介于二者之间。—— 看过获得十项奥斯卡奖的1961年电影版（个人并没有很喜欢，当初知道史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格导演要翻拍有些意外，但还是因此有点期待），因而对其故事和歌舞大致有所了解，2021年版算是不功不过符合我的预期，倒是艺术指导（尤其是还原20世纪50年代纽约街头的布景）、服化道、灯光摄影等技术方面的出色让我比较惊喜。★★★☆
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