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.
ja！你说说你 那么帅的脸蛋 既然下海了能不能敬业一点尊重搭档好好卖腐啊！！可以的话 想看jafirst继续搭！
令人惊讶的是这部电影里最拉胯的竟然是丹泽尔华盛顿。他的台词让我觉得他是从《冲出康普顿》过来的。
人在无助的时候最容易做傻事 但是经历过之后 才能真的长大 成熟 感谢生命中出现的那些个过客 都是彼此的消遣罢了
又一个非常cliche的故事。一星给Florida的夏天和色彩，一星给少年人直接又真诚的情绪，一星给远离病痛苦难，爱意常在的幸运
了不起的cp哈哈哈售后真的牛 床我能盘出浆
@NYFF59十分古典且戏剧化的黑白片，摄影和音乐与全片氛围很协调，科恩真的很有让人不明觉厉的能力，我大为震撼。近距离见到了导演影帝影后十分开心！！
青春洋溢爆棚，戳戳好帥啊啊啊，就不能給孩子配個好看點的對象嘛⋯⋯
四大悲剧的基调在于人物，你会发觉悲惨皆与权利有关！在莎士比亚的幻想中，所创造的神迹应该是与科恩有一些重叠的。换句话说，鄙人自己用形而上的价值观片面感受到在美术中，搭起了一座画等号的桥。首先黑白增加了麦克白与夫人疯狂的欲望扩张，却又好似无论怎样放肆，也都在笼子里表达命中注定，加强了戏剧的样子。另外极简的美术形式，无论户外还是室内，放大内心魔鬼的无处不在。这就是科恩厉害的地方！ 无论在舞台还是影像，把故事中人物内心的假象与思考，变成实体人物，无论魔鬼还是天使，都是虚幻的。自然就达成鄙人心中所说的共识桥梁。也就更贴合一副好似英格玛·伯格曼《第七封印》的样子，把心结做成了人！ 但这一切却只因为它们作为电影的一些关联，而源于戏剧，莎翁的戏，就好似他手中的那支鹅毛笔，远比写出来的文字，癫狂与潇洒太多！
just say yes 搞快点吧！ 番外里的弟弟和学长我不接受！！！
在经典文学的大山面前，从文本层面的确很难突破了。也许为了另辟蹊径，导演很努力地在影像层面上做突破，黑白的色调让画面变得肃穆，简约的置景让人物的肖像成为核心，还有古典的构图，这些让这部电影太像伯格曼拍的了。
巫婆演得特别好，但是片子选角、表演、美术、摄影有严重的错置感。内容还是莎翁，但形式上却严重过载。说是看了部电影，其实是看了部戏剧，但仔细一琢磨我可能是看了个PPT（大误）
戳的颜依旧抗打，梦回蓝邻居时期。剧情老套，印度小哥很出戏。
未知的恐惧和迷茫，阳光明媚的夏天，无疾而终的恋爱，幸好有这么好的朋友和grandma。戳爷真绝美，蛊而不媚。bgm都好听，色调喜欢！
舞台剧化的极简处理和特殊画幅的黑白影像让电影极具风格化，也让形式大于内容，布光、摄影、置景把野心和恐惧具象化算是影片的亮点，还有就是丹泽尔和科恩嫂时而慷慨激昂时而歇斯底里的表演。
虽然男主lives with enough shit already，但我还是经常笑的像个神经病，幽默的表达太合笑点了。
无惧，混乱，带着期待，搞砸一切，然后重新开始，青春最大的好处在于它的未知，成长的过程要是平淡无奇也挺没趣的，去找到最好的版本吧。
舞台剧形式重塑《麦克白》，感觉《蜘蛛巢城》之后大可不必。或许是乔尔科恩在寻找自我突破？建筑好似心灵迷宫，人物独白好像迷失在迷宫之中。
啥时候咱们也能把《牡丹亭》《窦娥冤》《长坂坡》《葬花吟》翻来覆去地拍，啥时候咱才是真的站起来了吧
三个月的不安、忐忑，还有亲情、友情，爱情的漩涡中终于找到了属于自己心里的那种归宿……果然死男人都是靠不住的！顺便说一句我戳好棒！歌曲也好好听！
深受极简主义影响的美学风格在当下众多电影中显得特别，可惜这是九十多年前《圣女贞德受难记》玩剩下的。前有黑泽明《蜘蛛巢城》的绝佳本土化改编倒衬得这版从剧情到台词有些照本宣科了。贴吧一度传这是科恩嫂奥斯卡四封之作，如今看来嫂子表演没问题却也只是整部片的点缀，也没有亮眼的moment……今年四封怕是梅戏。
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