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.
除了背景上比较贴合，导演把观众拉进影片中这点这么说呢，有点膈应。还有伪记录，年龄越来越大，晃得我越来越不适。
伪纪录片对影视从业者可能特别不work一点，貌似比较完整，但几乎只有最后的克苏鲁大嘴好看。
比双瞳之类的差远了，不让人恐怖，只让人恶心
看一半因为觉得既无聊又不恐怖而去翻豆瓣，评论说最后晦气，那就还是不看完了啦
这是虚构的咒语哎；而且大黑佛母设定就是「恶意之神」并且片名和主题都自带“咒”.... 你观看前就应该接受被下咒的准备，可这特么是电影哎！这只是电影哎！相反导演还玩成功了打破第四面墙的“互动”病毒营销手法。关于《困》的主题据说是亲情惊悚，为啥我感觉《咒》才是....
电影本身不是很吓人，但很高兴能气到一些看了盗版还爱大声破防的人😜
久久不能平静的电影 全程手持第一视角镜头和女主与镜头外观众的对话让人不断深陷剧情之中 重复的符号和咒语镜头不断地给观众留下心理暗示 最后一口气揭秘加反转女主诅咒观众揭开大黑佛母的面纱那空洞深邃诡异的脸简直太生理不适了
能看到《鬼影实录》、《午夜凶铃》、《VHS》、《仲夏夜惊魂》等一票经典恐怖影像的杂糅，以及用烂的伪纪录效果。
很好，模仿痕迹太重。小演员没有镜头感，太强了
2.5 作为一部中式恐怖片没有中式恐怖感，只感受到了10年前的qq空间里那种“看完转发出去不然你会xxxxx”的那种传播恶意。确实挺晦气，因为导演散播意图太明显了，我看到有人说不许吐槽晦气，谁看恐怖片是求吉利之类的。这两个有关系吗？我只是吐槽导演意图，你是在上纲上线什么？
每个人看到的东西都由自己意念决定，
影片值4星，还有一星给难得的好恐怖片还有那些觉得晦气的人拉低的分。从剧情到小陷阱的设置，都很用心，让人觉得晦气，那就对了，要的就是这种抓心挠肺的感觉，要的就是破除迷信，晦气福气之类的糟粕。谁看恐怖片是来讨吉利的？视觉暂留的小把戏也是很妙了，肉眼4D的视效了。唯一有点不明白的是，改个名字的事情，有这么难吗。
利用了视觉停留创意十足，就是观感不太好，眼睛都要瞎了，最后还跟观众开了个玩笑，导演还是很有想法的。
就是那种营造焦虑让人特别难受头皮发麻的恐怖手法，上学那阵的空手指莲蓬乳什么的，都跟着掺和进来了。
开放评论后，直接从8分被干到6.8分，这片儿我一直不带怕的，就好像刘若英或者海清带崽家庭片一样。
（豆瓣电影评论现在真是质量低，有刷“核心价值观”的，有跟风批评晦气的，有拿十年前的网络“连环信”比喻的，有人拿着放大镜发现情节涉及歧视女性的，甚至还有点赞转发都能考上研的）
伪纪录片是真神仙类型，每次看到头晕。个人觉得一部电影，“精致”比“真实”更重要。
开头在家里那段比较恐怖，后面的邪教部分我是真的无感。
没有失望！一部恐怖片竟让我感动了好几次！就情节上来说其实可以看做那个不能说名字的游戏的姐妹篇！父母为了救自己的孩子究竟可以做到何种地步！！！
群里有人转片源，手贱打开了，麻蛋开头就被吓到了，一身冷汗。不是欧美或者日本似的突然出现个鬼脸的吓人，是相信神秘力量的人，来自深渊的恐怖
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