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.
这个导演还可以，过往有合格作品，女主是星二代，故事很简单，带着两个孩子的年轻母亲住在乡下旧宅，前夫和恶友来访，母亲大战两人，其中有一段剧情是一次很好的尝试，母亲被困杂物间，小空间看一个人表演，其他方面比较普通，6.2
开始觉得很好笑很傻逼酒店隔离哪有那么糟 越看到公司不惜一切手段只管完成电影越他妈笑不出来 尤其是制片人说了“the show must go on”这句熟悉的话之后 感觉跟2020年学校对待我们的态度差不多吧 太真实 ptsd了 制片公司=我校 本来是因为Pedro看的 看完只想说James McAvoy can chase and tackle me any day🥵🥵
准备转在线，就不下载先（2）。又加两部莱斯利·曼恩，起码六部。新冠隔离的苦。美国人拍抖音有趣。分三段。凯伦·吉兰脸皮肤也好。有我喜欢的无厘头，包括故意而为之的演技，有搞笑，后面有点随意和乱，打耳光和两场打戏都好笑。贾德·阿帕图一家人拍电影。
要是Judd能亲自出镜的话就是满分电影了呜呜呜
感觉这部就是拍演员心声的，讲述了资本为了拍电影逼迫演员们在疫情期间如期完成拍摄的故事。其实还挺好玩的，各种各种精准吐槽+人性寒凉闹的冷笑话，就是过程稍微无聊了些，精简到1小时20分左右会好很多。另外，一美惊喜客串。
很少有让我觉得难看得看不下去的电影 原谅我没看完就来打星 我只是想标记一下自己的感受
爆抱^q^
可怕… 剧情单薄的可怕… 这小储藏室就能把个大活人困住，面对极度危险人物又是熟悉的绝不补刀… 出门拿食物不懂为啥把娃娃们带下楼… 这储藏室一点工具没有，还是老美的家么？！各种莫名，最后十几分钟算是略微舒坦了一丢丢。两个娃确实可爱，尤其是女儿，奶声奶气的。
★★☆ 上一次看Judd Apatow作品，已經要追溯到15年的《生活殘骸》了，有創意，有段子，沒故事，沒節奏，這一次的優缺點如出一轍，而且還更差，主線更弱，群戲也不行，荒誕一不小心成了荒謬。当阿帕圖黨只剩下Judd Apatow，曾經《太壞了》《菠蘿特快》《伴娘》帶給我的樂趣，一去不復返了，我想念Seth Rogen、Paul Rudd、Jonah Hill、Michael Cera們湊在一起的日子。
如果傻乎乎的我需要在一个傻乎乎的下午看一部傻乎乎的电影，那么我成功了
这部喜剧片讲述了在疫情之下，一群男女演员被困于酒店的“泡泡”中，并试图完成一部关于飞行恐龙的动作系列片续集。
这张电影就是疫情本身：pointless, boring as f#ck, and not funny at all.
故事感很好，但就是俗套，就是没什么喜感→_→
说起来到现在为止都只见过日本的heroes和villians呢。
超小成本制作，算是很好了，apple butter
屎尿屁吐齐活了，带着媳妇女儿上阵一通恶搞，这很阿帕图。
那个导演的造型是不是嘲讽《房间》的导演……实际电影很无聊
主题是自我和对家庭的救赎，但是深度不够...区区小木房能困住女主这么久，比较低智了
"A good tree cannot bear bad fruit and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit."
是是是，我知道超级英雄不能误伤平民绝无附带伤害，连敌人也要人道缴械，审讯最多用绳子捆捆，我知道战斗力爆表毁天灭地的超能力打到人身上最多击飞或流几滴血，我知道超级英雄绝对伟光正可以有懵懂的纯爱但绝不能有性生活，因为横店和好莱坞也是这么拍的。但是，陀摩塔奇，真不关你“731”夹带私货的事（虽然这事确实没法原谅），前四季燃归燃好歹还有人物撑着，出了个圈粉的白发萝莉和水手服小丑女，可你现在战斗分镜画不过巨人，线条美学只有矩形，巴黎侠盗小哥简直就是照着《疯狂动物城》的狐狸画的。当英雄主义变成另一种主流意识形态，我有那么一刹那以为在看中国主旋律电影，绿谷是毛吗？英雄已死，如果不能复活，拜托不要做僵尸出来害人了。对不起。
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