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.
屎坑电影，光是看到我们大卫杜楚尼跟tiktok出现在同一个电影里，已经让我心淌血~
人物动机失常，冲击意兴阑珊。典型的“先想出来个点子，再丰满成一个故事”，这个挤牙膏似的填充过程编剧自己既痛苦又折磨，依靠降低人物智商来推进剧情，真的没必要。
恐怖片所有的陈词滥调几乎都用上了，还是没能讲清楚父权的隐喻。这样的故事十五分钟的短片就能说明白。
本能地搜刮了一下希臘神話異鄉中和鹿相關的，想找點依據，只想到陪伴阿耳忒彌斯出現的象徵，「野性」和狄奧尼修斯的半鹿人跟隨者。霧靄迷濛的山村，礦洞裡的制毒工廠，食物只吃腐肉胸腹（一戳就能感染/繁殖），卵借人體營養成熟後破體而出，表徵也是胸腹閃爍紅光—也許因為那是動物身體的中端（四肢中點，最脆弱之處）。不過比起魔，人的因素表現得更多，父親神智彌留之際把自己鎖進房間，即使變異也從未傷害送食物的大兒子；盧卡斯用畫作承載內心的恐懼，但從未沾染過血或毒；老師密切關心著這個孤寂的學生，她殺死艾登是把他溫柔地抱進懷裡從背後捅的刀子；警察吐出血後，明白一切的悲傷眼神。反弒父，不太典型，但真的乏力，文戲多，卻死氣沈沈的。
全片的色调氛围很好，营造出一个阴冷萧瑟凋敝的美帝小镇环境，这样环境下的恐怖片良品率应该不会低，后头怪物造型也出来了，看着还不错，披着人脸淌着血浆也有那味 ，可一切的铺垫在女主挺着长棍刺透怪物的桥段下毁于一旦，一个小时的酝酿就酱紫结束?这战五渣的怪物是来当吉祥物的吗?太让人无法忍受了，这不是把观众逗着玩吗?怪物寄生和小男孩豢养怪物的过程本可以好好发挥下恐怖的设定，女主的警察哥哥也应该是有故事的人，但却很潦草地一笔带过，语焉不详地就让女主只手屠怪。本片倒是很真实反映了美帝偏僻小镇的真实面貌，没有产业没有发展，当地人除了贩毒吸毒好像没什么可做，这样的恐怖片就是社会的真实写照吧。
我想看这部电影 2019-10-28//2019的我是怎麼知道這部電影啊?? 劇本非常差就是一些兜不攏的老套, 但冷冽的氣氛掌握跟捕捉小男孩的神情是優點, 還有原住民神話本身吧, 最近太多電影上映廳次混亂想看的看不到而看了這部, 但又不至於會覺得難看到生氣, 大概像一集拍失敗的X檔案吧
食草动物也可以很惊悚，故事比较套路化，怪物的设计比剧情精彩
故事很棒！但是感觉人物刻画没那么丰满
看前面基本就猜到是“温迪哥”的传说了，对影调和氛围的把控相当沉浸，怪物身上撇去了原传说里单纯的细长身影更添了一丝邪教图腾意味。既然故事也明点了本是警示意味的传说，可是小男孩和父亲之间的难以割舍除了看出男孩全片演技最棒外没别的，姐弟之间的情感缝合也没有，故事的意味感没有随着女主看出小男孩照射自己身上的童年不幸来通过高潮形成一个完整闭环，试听上是唯一享受了
故事太过于简单，想表现的创伤后遗症和人的贪婪这两个主题有点脱节...
虽然靠着陀螺卖了一大波营销，本质还是一部奈飞的电视电影。极小的关注点，也没有什么节外生枝。仅凭一个最基本的怪兽吃人的逻辑就拍完了整部电影。。。多给的一星给俄勒冈的风景。
《鹿角》在缓慢的节奏中，讲了一个中规中矩的恐怖故事，前期寂静凄冷的冷灰色调很吸引人，但后期看似很有表达欲望，实则平淡无趣的剧情并没有很好地支撑起这部的电影，有些虎头蛇尾。但凭借《鹿角》阴暗的影像表达和出色的惊悚氛围，它也不失为2021值得一看的恐怖电影。
惊悚没多惊，反正鬼佬就是创造个恶心的人物就行了。
铺垫过长好像是文艺系恐怖片通病，加上若有若无的惊点直到快结束才到高潮，其实很难感觉到惊悚气氛。
烂片场猛于疫情，Bad Taste，但很像干净版的《特罗马警报》，把烂片桥段一锅炖，真类型元素嵌套伪类型元素，毫无包袱地将一些很“时下”的笑料放置其中，有愚乐精神。
风景特别美，摄像也不赖，就是故事太普通了……
本来行动迅速灵活无比干掉无数男人，见到个女人变成木偶了，随便捅。
【2021-12-15】这不是怪物是病毒吧，接触者雨露均沾了属于，女主是啥弱智菩萨，当人孩子面杀他全家还自我感动这样真的好吗，管好你自己很难吗
那有怎么样？看的爽就好了。
那有怎么样？看的爽就好了。
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