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.
网飞厉害，让盖尔加朵、贱贱、巨石强森加在一起烂得出奇
悬崖之上火箭炮脱狱，密室冷兵器一女抽二男兼侏罗纪斗牛，《低俗小说》手表南美纳粹地堡飞车，想看云迪素的《猫》试镜录像 : )热热闹闹挺好看
悬崖之上火箭炮脱狱，密室冷兵器一女抽二男兼侏罗纪斗牛，《低俗小说》手表南美纳粹地堡飞车，想看云迪素的《猫》试镜录像 : )热热闹闹挺好看
有点强行反转再反转，虽然没有惊喜，但是三个主角足够养眼了
套路与反套路齐飞，喜剧效果还不错，强森和小贱贱眉来眼去的也是很好玩了，看着就轻松加愉快
有史以来我第一次在观影过程中被不是笑点的桥段逗笑了。。。巨石强森演电影真的是个meme了，他所有电影里都要出现jungle，就截个图你都不知道是他哪部电影的。。。这部电影也是少数我还没看之前，就觉得会给三颗星的电影了。
复杂系统就是要讲阴阳相融，相生相克，动态平衡；中心要稳，边缘要放；左手放，右手稳。但是隔一段时间之后就需要调整，右手放，左手稳。而教育培训永远是复杂系统进行边缘创新的核心。所以很多企业都有自己的教育系统，比如此片就相互不断揣测调适，用来培养大家的底线行为、价值观，以及创新能力、自组织能力。
2个小时，哭了4次，以这部片情感炮弹的能量来说，我真的已经算是个坚强的人了。
不管是喜剧角度还是盗窃角度都挺不错的。这个死侍小贱人也太逗了。盖尔加朵在游艇上泳装一幕，充分暴露了她也很平的事实。挺好看的，应该能有第二部。
三星半。看前就清楚瑞恩和强森永远都在演自己，没有任何期待，没想到娱乐性挺强，可能是我这类片看太少……也可能是加朵大大提高了观赏性。至少比丛林奇航有意思多了，虽然这片有些外景的棚拍痕迹也很明显（比如最后落日下出海镜头），今年的好莱坞大片怎么都一眼能看出是棚拍……
有点山寨《纵横四海》的感觉。
拍两个男人的基情干啥，加朵的戏份还是太少了，怎么都看不够啊！剧情啥的真是弱智啊。
非常套路的风光+嘴炮的网飞大数据电影，台词并不幽默，毫无惊喜，你绝对能一眼望到头，三位主演也同样贡献了非常套路的表演，就是你能够想象得到的他们惯常的样子，但可惜毫无火花。算是今年出产的爆米花片当中相对还OK的，想要不带脑子打发时间可以。
死侍很棒，女神正常发挥，强森弱鸡。Bug1 iPhone4 没有指纹解锁功能，Bug2 地下矿区出口，这还是不能运汽车啊。没想到无脑剧还能有反转。
像是AI写出来的剧本，告诉它主演名字和题材类型，AI根据演员特性和观众喜好大数据写出来的剧本。 不过盖尔加朵好看就完事儿了 对了，能不能不要对三不管监狱刻板印象了，今年已经看了两个古拉格2.0了。
不难看，至少比007好看，就是有点太大数据了。不知道怎么形容，就是大数据AI剧本的感觉，人物设定、桥段情节甚至打斗场面都是经过精准计算放到该放的地方的。徐远翔如果还在阿里的话倒可以去向网飞取取经，当初那个淘汰活人编剧的理想没准真能实现。三个主演都挺喜欢，但在这部里基本各演各的，最后的反转就纯粹反转，为了这个反转刚有点看点的人物关系立马崩了，有点可惜，而且应该上大屏幕的
三个人之间的化学反应如同道恩强森的头一样，毫-无。
有点山寨《纵横四海》的感觉。
传统的好莱坞盗贼动作大片，开场贱贱和巨石强森的动作追逐戏就颇有成龙范儿，贱贱也充分发挥了死侍的毒舌技能，而我们的神奇女侠则负责美艳。整体来说就是一无脑的爆米花爽片，嗑着瓜子喝着可乐，放松下来享受就好
拍两个男人的基情干啥，加朵的戏份还是太少了，怎么都看不够啊！剧情啥的真是弱智啊。
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