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.
4、美国梦的另一面。
翻拍美国四十年代的片子，阵容豪华，大牌云集。影片长达两个半小时，以男主角的经历，可以分成两个部分。第一部分是男主角在乡村流动马戏团的崛起，凭其过人的天赋及年轻外表，他在马戏团顺风顺水技艺大长，并娶得美人归。第二部分则是他在都市的铩羽而归，他的欲望飙升，自信心爆棚，两个恶人相遇搞出血雨腥风，又被城市恶人玩弄于股掌，露出乡巴佬的本来面目。最后他的人生走出一个循环，坠入悲惨地狱。有可观赏性，只是叙事太啰嗦了，让观众紧张不起来。
磕磕巴巴的，连流畅都做不好，尽管摆出一副获奖定制的架子，恐怕白来一遭。
请掌握真正的技术，请做到真正的帮人，而不是表面的安抚。很多台词太经典了！！氛围也都很紧张！
故事并不精彩，努力求财的人被更高段数的女魔头耍了的故事。女魔头套路简单最主要是最后也没赚多少。马戏团也太阴暗了处处像个吃人魔窟，毁了童年想象。不好看
3.5 有点长了，不太懂kate这个角色的动机是什么？
且看且珍惜了
最初马戏团的无聊的情节对比去了大城市刺激的情节 看到结局才发觉马戏团才是最美好的时光 美术也是马戏团部分做得最好 大城市的部分奢华又空洞
我不理解，现在奥斯卡最佳影片提名就这水平了吗？白瞎了这演员阵容，以及Bradley Cooper和大魔王的演技，两个人心理变化以及造成其原因的描写太浅太表面，前面铺垫两个小时，无比期待最后半个小时，结果却讲了个寂寞，还有最后报纸上Zeena怎么了？
这片子预告欺诈！Cast欺诈！托罗对在影片上映前对观众做的事和片里主角对观众做的事没什么差别。托罗和张艺谋给我的感觉有点像，叙事能力并非他们的长项，但影像风格独树一帜。
从悉尼大赛之后开始朝我不理解的世界线偏离，大家都在说什么，我不懂…最后小学树下的“for the team”，难道不是告诉观众整个作品都在朝着与原本完全不同的地方狂奔了？
will the circle be unbroken,
隔了好久终于有时间看了呜呜😭
但还是一如既往欣赏不来rap
整体来说这个老套的关于善恶到头终有报因果循环的故事，完成度还是蛮高的，当然对于这么个比较豪华的创作团队，也算是信手拈来，要说问题也不是没有，节奏上的缓慢让本身不是很复杂的情节在150分钟的时长下，显得拖沓，诚然库珀和大魔王的对手戏、畸形秀马戏团的猎奇还有一场场的心灵骗局确实很吸引人，但观影疲劳度真的蛮高，变成快节奏的100分钟左右，精彩程度应该能更上一层楼。
宛如一场漫长的噩梦，红衣的少女金发的少妇平原上闪烁的摩天轮，美丽又泛着诡谲的画面翻滚不息。故事最大的问题是我对他们毫无连接感，观影的感受至始至终都太抽离了。我觉得他们彼此也是disconnected，我和他们亦然。
魔王1小时后才登场并且和鲁妮玛拉几乎没有对手戏。跟《古驰家族》犯得毛病一样都是节奏有点拖沓，高潮都有点反类型、不够猛烈，前期那么久的铺垫没有迎来爆发点。最后凯特的反转有点猝不及防。男主结局设计挺巧妙的(也是本片为数不多的首尾呼应特别好的点）。鲁妮玛拉应该就是女人最温柔的模样吧(生起气来也是那么柔情似水）。
本可以拍成一个女性复仇的爽片，却硬要拍成“乡下人的悲歌”，不得不感叹：大导演就是有特权。
7/10 The Greatest Showman + …? Still could find one that fits
好难看。情节转折生硬，动因也很奇怪。而且因为美恐我对马戏团这个背景设置ptsd
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