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.
垮掉……毁天灭地了……有前言之后，这集讲不明白好多东西，挖坑太多，还有后续，感觉不爽。
麻烦电影色调能不能调高一点，真的太黑了。根本看不清打斗……中文现学的吧😂。各种buff有点英雄的设定，可惜当年的英雄被腰斩了……
有点雷同，剧情有点扯，有点太神乎其神，人设要是有点软肋会更好。
两个多小时看了个预告片…还是超能少女 炮灰小分队 也不知道有啥用的头目和倒霉的普通人 想说换汤不换药 但是连女主长相都是一个风格的…btw炮灰讲的中文没字幕根本听不出来 何必
2. 第一部好歹还有点拳拳到肉的打戏的爽感，这部直接靠眼神，上一回看这种打法大概得追溯到《暮光之城》吧…虽然特效做得还行，但剧情真的是拖沓得要命
姐妹齐心，合力断金。加个徐恩秀不行吗，三姐妹。
确实剧情拉跨，前面大半段剧情啰啰嗦嗦磨磨唧唧不知所云，精彩部分就最后那大决战了。相比第一步差了不少。
有吸取第一部的经验，前期铺垫情节有所减少。除了白博士，其他改造人真的都是一轮游，拍完一部是一部，框框一顿干之后就挂了。但是最好演的还是女主，毫无打斗场面只要瞪眼挥手就可以了，云淡风轻干翻一票人。btw，李钟硕的造型不行，太丑了。
………跟第一部落差太大，一把毁灭的超能力很厉害，但看起来没劲，颜值、剧情，每一个能打的
这部挺水的，以为李钟硕是主演呢，没想到只是酱油。真是不放过任何一个机会rh啊，什么剧都要搞几个讲中文的反派
挺好看的呀，就是有时候分不清人，和第一部套路一样，拽中文和英语的桥段实在让人怀疑是为了拉时长。
看来还有第三部，但第二部真的不怎么样。
看得真心尴尬，找这么多颜值演员拍成人动作片多好。
1的女主用爽爆的肉搏片打下的IP，2的女主完全没有任何体术来承继。。。这点就很不爽，你好歹练一下然后安排一点肉搏戏给她啊，总感觉她捡了个便宜一样！身体搏斗都交给了那几个上海来的。。。然后队长那两个的战力相差那么悬殊怎么会被派去暗杀女主的？？1的女主最后出现感觉她能力应该有进化了吧，虽然2拍得一般般，但多方势力引入貌似让背景宏大，还是期待一下3会怎样吧~
大烂片，女主眨眨眼加上几个斜眼瞪人，这片子装逼的基调就算定下来了，前90分钟废话连篇，废戏比比皆是，后30分钟打戏眼花缭乱，灰头土脸的装13，各种假大空的场面，但无非就是近景慢速，远景空摔，看似手忙脚乱，实则创意枯竭，来来回回就那几招，5分钟后就开始极其厌倦这个故事给出的所有内容，空洞乏味，无趣臭长，庸俗的续集撑时长，冷调的做作主题向，第一集其实就是超能力类型片的普通款，这集就更是狗尾续貂的三流跟风作。★
大女主乱杀戏，希望第三部能升级到疾速追杀.从头打到尾
这一部应该走搞笑路线的，魔女2号，鬼佬和Chief二人组都有这个潜质，可惜后面杀疯了
节奏很慢，特效虽好，但是比较扯淡，情节和第一部雷同，但是整体的感官远远不如第一部。
第一部是创新，第二部就商业化了，像无脑yy小说
我以为李钟硕和神似李钟硕的少女都是脚演技，没想到多美出来之后也油油腻腻怪里怪气。这第二部在讲啥啊…
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