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.
电影版比前期的sp好太多，恢复了之前剧集的水平，发挥还算稳定。
这一部比一部尴尬的续集居然进行到了第四部。岳父大人经过逐集降智终于从一个除了稍微女儿奴之外大体还算正常的吸血鬼王变成一个需要接受小毛头人类教育的傻白甜痴呆老爷爷🐶
没有前之前的精彩，但是还够欢乐。剧情设定还是蛮有趣的。
比sp好看多了！这回又做出了以前会让人想哭的水平。揭开真相和法官选择自己的后路的时候，又在电影院热泪盈眶了。这个系列水平还是不错的，如果保持下去一直出剧场版的话，我愿意一直看！唯一有点烦的就是剪辑画面切换太频繁了，虽然知道这个是特色但也已经到了うんざり的程度。
简直就是为了Find the answer——嵐这几个字看的，编剧是不是为了带资进组的道枝骏佑特地写的电影版啊？你自己看牵强不牵强？
3.5星吧，较第三部搞笑元素升级了，但是从悬崖上下滑运用了博物馆奇妙夜上的情节。从23部可以看出到网络大电影的转变
本来美好的家庭，却被意外与设计冲毁。真相可能会给一些人带去痛苦，但有时那是必要的，谎言永远无法救人。
为什么f5变成人都是油腻大叔，除了科学怪人变成王建国？果冻和小孙子戏份少差评。
全员大集合呀这是。
第四部发挥中规中矩，或偏向一些无聊，可以看看。依稀记得看第一部时的惊艳，十年光景，感谢陪伴。
这系列的头不惊艳，尾沦落家庭说教
6.3.对于这个量级的动画系列来说这部最终章实在太潦草了。还是前几部极尽搞怪耍宝之能事的套路加上快到飞起的节奏，看多了确实显得平庸，文本更是一眼望到头，甚至连亚当桑德勒和凯文詹姆斯都不愿意再来献声。人怪互变的点子还算新颖，可惜德古拉心绪的转变没有刻画的很丰满。
希望这个系列不要再拍了
这个系列发展到第四部的感觉就是，人物建模和场景已经有一套套可复用的模板，就随便编一点不走心的低智商剧情，换件衣服就拉出来骗钱了，真的是再也做不会前两部的惊喜感，现在就是完全不好笑也不好看，索尼动画部门可能只是为了索尼应该有动画电影而存在的，从没感觉他们想超越迪士尼皮克斯照明，因此对这个系列的感情也算消磨光了，后面如果出不来名利双丰的，也确实没有看下去的必要了
和前男友的遗书构架内容一模一样，一个编剧吗？？？
作为系列收官作 还能玩点花样 让怪物和人类身份互换 实属不易 令我们见到了几个主要怪物角色成为怪物前的人类真身和真实性格 蛮有趣的 但从故事上 这一部回到了系列原初 重新谈起了德古拉对约翰尼人类身份的认同与接纳的问题 也搞了一把这几年流行的we are family 可以说这部电影对整个系列画了个圆 从角色刻画上终于达成了德古拉伯爵的最终成长 不过这一部还真是一如既往的闹腾 挺尴尬
就是家庭伦理片，我觉得这个系列可以一直拍，而且永远没有新意。
感觉周围的人都在插科打诨，只有小花认真在帮男主查案orz，经过先行SP的磨合，两个人的相性确实越来越好了。有点烦深山没完没了的谐音梗冷笑话了。阿啾戏份好少😓。“伪反派”西岛叔在意料之中，是有错误期待的我不好……nana和文乃的客串可有可无，没什么意思。
如果非说有，就只有棉花糖了
大杂烩看到每一个熟悉的面孔都非常感动，但每个角色都要出场也导致了小案件撑不起一部电影，主角的戏份光环被削弱了。最后揭开真相，就差没有柯南式推理成功跪地求饶。
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