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.
虽然是jlo 但看得我无话可说 我宁愿说它是部打歌电影 也不愿说它是romcom
50岁的JLO值4星！《舞女大盗》后JLO一发不可收拾
我已经记不得当时为什么要看这部电影了，但是我真的无数次为电影里的演员表情感到惊讶，为什么他们能这么用力做表情，而且还要给满屏大脸特写
就是喜欢这种甜甜的戏， 还有女主保养的真好
其实故事挺感人，但是那个车祸弄的太刻意了，反而让整个故事显得有点假了
去电影院看了JLo和Owen Wilson的喜剧电影《和我结婚》。全球顶流Diva阴差阳错“嫁给”中学奥数老师，将错就错的相处中才发现真爱早已命中注定——原来即使二十年过去，诺丁山式的爱情童话依然可以让人怦然心动。影片节奏流畅，前后呼应又做得很好，看似不现实的老套故事也写得水到渠成不落俗套。以至于看到最后两人的拥抱，会对着荧幕会心微笑的同时，在心里偷偷想，自由和浪漫的恋爱，真是这个世界上最美好的东西。
剧情一般，音乐好听，对洛佩兹印象最深的还是曼哈顿女佣和拉尔夫费因斯搭戏，以及和大本的韵事
女主是photographer 男主等于说全能了
《我的巨星妻子》《巨星妻子爱上我》
所以说 男女主的爱情跨越了生死咯？
好扯的剧情，不喜欢。我只是为了看欧文·威尔逊 YF
舞美和歌曲还不错，第一次看转性版的霸道总裁爱上我的故事。
情人节套路作品。Owen不够帅减一星，但J Lo太美加一星。剧情什么不重要，反正大家也不信🤨，如果找大本来演男主，可信度会高很多，哈哈！
我觉得最离谱的情节是，Alexandra Shipp演Owen Wilson的前妻，后者的岁数得是前者的三倍大吧
Jesus好久没有看到烂电影了。这种题材要么搞成喜剧要么浪漫爱情片要么搞深刻一点的剧情片，这种看了开头就能一路直接猜到结尾的电影居然拍了将近两个小时…
经典童话故事。没什么惊奇的，但是娴熟的工艺依然能把剧情顺畅地呈现出来，图个快乐。
【22/028】22年了我仍会为浪漫轻喜痴狂。我以为的褒义上的2022现代版的诺丁山。JLO的音乐绝对的加成很大，赏心悦目的组合，唯一的点是五十多演35的设定，够胆，也有人看。
非常老套和平庸，但是胜在轻松和对幸福的美好幻想，星期六的夜晚看这种电影最放松了。
没打算像《圣诞速配》一样拖到明年圣诞节才观影，那今天就看下这部同样应景圣诞节的《单身到底》吧！& 多希望世界各地的人们对待LGBTQ少数群体能像电影中那样没有歧视、欣然接受、习以为常。
大失所望。作为圣诞剧，剧情cliché不是你的错，但是做到如此僵硬和甜度稀薄就是你的不对了。
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