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.
真的，狗子不管和谁玩球，最后都会把对方丢出去的球捡回叼给主人（主人在场的情况）。我们豆小葵十年如一日！末日公路片，一人一机器人一狗子，两个小时从绝望到慢慢被灌注希望和光明。Good year，真的很喜欢狗子的这个名字，2019年可能是未来10年来最好的一年，疫情、经济、气候变化...都形势严峻，芬奇所在的未来，臭氧层已经被严重破坏，人类为了生存时刻要泯灭良心挑战人性底线。而他把狗子托给杰夫照顾，这个机器人继承了人类的善良、坚韧和爱，带着狗子去了希望之地。汤姆·汉克斯又一次奉献了绝佳演技，杰夫在他怀里那一幕眼泪就破防了，最后小家伙摇着尾巴把球丢给杰夫，又乖乖叼回来了，我似乎看到没有表情的杰夫喜极而泣的样子。有爱，就有希望。珍惜可以呼吸新鲜空气、沐浴在阳光下的日子吧！
65岁的汤姆.汉克斯主演的独角戏，一个老人和一个机器人，及一条狗。完整、温情。对比一下他38岁时主演的电影《阿甘正传》所表达的奋斗、成功的“美国梦”，今天好莱坞对人类未来的想象：气候恶化，城市荒芜，人性丧失，灾难无穷，实在是太悲观了啊！
就完全是一个美剧pilot的感觉，埋了很多可以展开的点，然后一看导演，果然，在那部《重生男人》之后，中间的执导履历都是美剧。
虽然是个科幻设定，但内里折射出的是现代人的孤岛生存模式，包括死后宠物的处置这也是现实生活中会遭遇的问题，只不过电影里会有智能机器人去承接遗愿，听上去有些心酸又不至于全然无望，汉克斯演这种角色很是驾轻就熟，就是整个时长长了些，捡球和看金门大桥两段加分。
故事很简单，不过很适合当下的情境，汤姆汉克斯的独角戏不会让人失望，机器人萌得很。Bye bye miss American pie
阿娟成年之际，从留守到进城，发型、肤色、体格的改变见证他的蜕变，生活就是一场舞狮，一步步踩着高桩。
芬奇(👨🏻)善良
故事很简单，不过很适合当下的情境，汤姆汉克斯的独角戏不会让人失望，机器人萌得很。Bye bye miss American pie
蝴蝶飞舞 jeff胸口的开罐器
就完全是一个美剧pilot的感觉，埋了很多可以展开的点，然后一看导演，果然，在那部《重生男人》之后，中间的执导履历都是美剧。
也太好了吧！没想到年底收获了这部院线电影～
同意，这才算国漫应有的姿态。唯一能让我打5⭐的新国漫。
我多希望更好地利用了过去的时间
太好看了，个人今年目前为止最佳。hanks自荒岛余生后又贡献了一次绝妙的独角戏，荒岛上有一只叫星期五的排球，这次有一个叫Jeff的机器人和Goodyear的狗，还有个中途牺牲掉的机器人Dewey，这四个角色的演技都极佳，Jeff作为一个机器人竟然能用演技打动到我，当然电影中的末日机器人题材都只不过是电影的表面，内在还是讲爱与信任和有这两孕育出的希望，不分种族，不分物种。
假装科幻，实则温情，即将抵达三藩以前，太阳耀斑与不曾露面的人类凶险是故事的引线，杰夫更多像个学徒，一个逃生的帮手，警报解除，影片彻底松弛，把焦点放到了一直讨论的信任之上，杰夫成了爱的替代，唐·麦克林的美国派恰到好处渲染了情感。
天呐！哭死我了！这片还能谁演啊？！当然只有tom hanks啊！！！虽然故事也不新奇，可那份浓浓的暖意就够了啊！
2021，听起来多么适合作为世界末日的一个年份。
一人一狗一世界，对，是机器人。突然觉得这种躲着人过日子的感觉还挺好的？
【人、狗、機】有些電影真的就是很適合夜深人靜的之後一個人默默躲著看。而有的演員就真的是很厲害，他完全可以用自己的演技讓你覺得這兩個小時的觀影過程是轉瞬即逝的。哪怕整部片子的真正人物主角只有他自己，他也可以用自己的實力做到。末日下明明不相信任何人了，卻把最後的一份信心給了Jeff這位機器人。這樣的結局，實在是太好哭了。
它避重就轻粗糙敷衍到我不仅遗憾我甚至生气，同时却不知道因为它是国产所以可以骂得更凶还是应该鼓励性评价，只好不打分了。
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