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.
童年滤镜让我给它打五星！航模起飞好燃，火灾献身、好友告别都好好哭，最后彩蛋也很惊喜！带女儿看这部记忆尤为深刻的儿时经典感觉很奇妙，虽然她对作弊片段印象最深…大概长大以后才会领悟到郑渊洁的很多童话是写给大人看的……记忆中还有一本《金拇指》那才是yyds.
[视]R血，预告配乐不错。体操开局，自带BT属性，有伤退役望女成龙为母系铃。带面具的弟弟，带眼镜的父子，乌鸦埋狗，中场换别墅，迷你城堡经典物件，教育理念碰撞<瞬息全宇宙>，直播元素，镜子墙纸。一人分饰两角，有意往精分方向发展，模糊时空逻辑，结尾倾向回归怪兽类型，开放结局，裂唇，断手，拾人牙慧，李代桃僵，为人母，人为母
父母不仅生活上照料孩子，还应精神上关心孩子。
将本体的恶剥离并养育成完全体，再强制代表一切的善的本体去见证无限放大的恶，二者看似的对立实则却又同命相连。正如Jolin医生说过，爱就爱，错就错，面对真实的自我。
一个并不算恐怖的恐怖片，逼女主太紧的妈妈，无能的父亲，不懂事的弟弟，真是让人窒息的家庭…小女主演技挺不错的
平平无奇 加了一个猎奇的点
3.5/母亲节前后放映很应景；生命就是一种母婴遗传病，治好了就是《turning red》，治不好就是这部片子或者《黑天鹅》（不是……影片中的符号都比较好理解，男性也一如既往地充当着或怯懦或随和的背景板；可能对于已经变得cynical的观众来说，这类主题和表现方式已经很难造成什么感官之外的触动了……
其实有点无聊。因为剧情实在太简单了，简单到可以预见结局，这种怪异变种看多了就这样
人孵化鸟，从和鸟的双生灵设计，到彻底变成鸟人，女孩分饰人与鸟演技OK，粘液部分有点不适，看到最后不觉得恐怖，内里是悲伤的。
这样的妈妈太窒息了，不作为的爸爸同样令人绝望
总之这个碧池太狗了，有这样的母亲真的是倒一辈子的霉。
女儿被杀死的是软弱内向，留下来的是黑暗恶毒不择手段，什么样的母亲什么样的孩子，一家人就该整整齐齐
很好看，妈妈跟女孩的演技都很赞，孵化的是自私贪婪嫉妒的那个她，最后妈妈应该更喜欢这个鸟孩
其次偏低领的剧情，没有太欣赏得来，不过设定就是这样，那就没什么挑剔得了，
还蛮喜欢的，节奏很紧凑很精悍。母亲看似无意杀死孩子，但其实早就注定了，一切恶都来源于此。小女孩演技很棒。
[视]R血，预告配乐不错。体操开局，自带BT属性，有伤退役望女成龙为母系铃。带面具的弟弟，带眼镜的父子，乌鸦埋狗，中场换别墅，迷你城堡经典物件，教育理念碰撞<瞬息全宇宙>，直播元素，镜子墙纸。一人分饰两角，有意往精分方向发展，模糊时空逻辑，结尾倾向回归怪兽类型，开放结局，裂唇，断手，拾人牙慧，李代桃僵，为人母，人为母
两星给比较拉跨的剧情逻辑和人物动机，这两点实在不太行，加两星给脑洞，这不同于一般恐怖片的设定还是挺有意思的，其实本质上还是部探讨家庭关系的影片，鸟怪是女孩在恶母和懦父阴影下的黑暗面投射，有这样的家庭这女孩真是太惨了，这妈整天直播剪视频当网红走火入魔了，也是挺有现实意义的，比如现在的:抖音网红
其实只看了半个小时吧，小泽就坐不住了。画风很八十年代，话题也比较八十年代，但其实内核还是我们该如何给孩子好的教育与爱。从放映厅出来后对小泽说：妈妈找一部好玩的动画片再带你来电影院吧。小泽说：好，这个太无聊了。😂真不知道上次他非要和哥哥一起看《失控玩家》是怎么撑下来的😂。上学的小朋友去看应该会比较喜欢吧。
小姑娘被出轨虎妈+猫爸+讨厌弟弟搞得人格分裂、大开杀戒，最后善良完全湮灭，只留下个怪物……缺点就是一家子的关系没说清楚。爸爸和弟弟都没有出轨装修工人的戏份多。
？！这剧情和封面有啥关系啊？？？除了弟弟戴过一下这个面具...电影里也大都是阴沉天气，哪有这么光明靓丽的！还以为又是那种画面清新，但压抑恐怖的唯美恐怖片呢，结果... 这不就是...超级普通的恐怖片么...不过这个蛋！很不错hhh 家里人居然一直也就没发现，孵出来的怪物可怕，但妈妈也好可怕！果然鸟人最后慢慢变成了小女孩啊，感觉是把小女孩当成了妈妈，但又想变成小女孩，看到她痛苦她也会痛苦，但看到她快乐，她却依旧会有点痛苦，希望她的快乐和她都属于自己。唔~ 就是小孩吧...妈妈就很典（不针对女性），表面风光靓丽是个好妈妈，背后却出轨是个偏执狂。不过那个男的某一方面感觉还是个不错的人？？？最后居然和妈妈一起杀鸟啦！爸爸和弟弟就像个大傻子x 是不是自己女儿根本不重要啦！够能让她风光就好！是讽刺片！
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