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.
虽然但是，我们都需要水花，但不是给Ta戴上枷锁。
利益、仇恨，清苦的童年和破碎的村庄，古老的生意，术士打开了传送门。。。
Boss美、强、惨……和男主居然没有打一局昆特牌，真的很不猎魔人啊。
好細膩好細膩 編排足夠用心 有被touch到 莊凱勛還是最帥的台客（⋯） 郁婷的學生頭外表上撞了當年的王淨 不過感覺她戲路肯定是會更寬的 我和左右的姐姐排排坐齊齊喊 身份和遷移 可能依然是下一個decade沒有辦法被「大中華圈」迴避的主題了
没看懂人类是怎么和女巫联手的，尤其是召唤怪物那一段，不是要成为人类公敌了吗，不然全灭了猎魔人，拿谁来对付怪物呢，把人类智商写的太低了？
很久没有看到这样情感自然的剧情片处女作了，有那么些《推手》和《面子》的感觉；对人物的塑造力道不太够，去找马这个设定也显得太刻意，但还是非常期待导演下一部作品。
看完有点喝多，虽然剧情结构有诸多问题，看完却不自觉想念起自己那个神经大条，性情急躁，不懂得好好沟通，会下意识情感勒索，却把她所有的焦虑与爱都放在我身上的母亲。就像美国女孩的朋友所说，可能母亲她已经做到了她的最好。二十年前，那个音像店播放蔡依林的时代，那个拨号上网与周杰伦背景音网咖的时代。女孩的青春期时代基本与我重合。第一次去高先影院。
记得小说里面的猎魔人，其实没没动画里面表现得那么强…小说里面真是那种刀口舔血的感觉，动画和游戏为了表现力而拔高实力了
为了吵架而吵架，为了代沟而代沟，为了多一个爸而回台湾，为了回台湾而得病，为了被同学排挤而学习差，为了……为了把观众逼哭，让每个主角都使劲哭一通。全都是结果先行，再为了把这个结果圆上强行加上一点动机，太刻意了，每一组对话都非常刻意，每个冲突都有很明显的目的，看不到一点真诚，更感受不到情感。
Vesemir的光辉岁月，剧情和制作质量对我来说都比较一般。连着三部动画看的我对Netflix的冠名/外包的动画都失去了兴趣。
没看过原著，没看过美剧，没玩过游戏……但最后湖边，男主抱着死去的年老女主，真的很感人……
关于维爹和伊利亚娜之间那种微妙的心理年龄的参差感，不知道是编剧刻意为之，还是笔力不够驾驭不住。What will time make you?
文化、教育、成长、家庭，从共鸣到共情，由表及里的感染。
黑发黑胡子轻狂浪荡的师父情事.....网飞你怎么知道我好这口啊斯哈斯哈。没想到80分钟居然这么紧凑和精彩，没有一个多余的画面，剧情完整生动。狼派宗师维瑟米尔的造型太帅了简直长在我的性癖上。这是什么神仙爱情，青梅竹马，70岁依然俊美的猎魔人X强大温柔的老太太，这年龄操作绝了我好爱。动作戏非常之赞，又是物理又是魔法的。强烈推荐，太好看了。青草试炼那段就很岳父，唉，天天想岳父，泡绿池子的老爷爷我好爱
Vesemir的光辉岁月，剧情和制作质量对我来说都比较一般。连着三部动画看的我对Netflix的冠名/外包的动画都失去了兴趣。
除了一些小部分转折有点生硬，总体很不错的说
7分吧，故事其实还不错，但除了故事，人物塑造，画面，艺术风格都太普通了
看完《瀑布》紧接着看了《美国女孩》，个人更喜欢《瀑布》，因为更露骨、更深刻、更和谐也更催生残酷的希望。这部有很多失望（可能期望大）。大陆人其实很难想象一个台湾家庭女儿想去美国，丈夫想去大陆，妻子回到台湾，但这是漂亮的叙事架构。可惜这种分裂在影片里没能构成张力，以至于架构最后和家庭一团乱麻的争执相割裂，只像在沉默地旁观而不是矛盾的成因。这也让主题空空，还让人心情糟糕而不知何故。
奇怪是的每个角色都说是为了对方这个家，做出了多少牺牲，看似矛盾的家庭里，仔细想想这种牺牲式关系中，是出于自己，有没有为对方考虑，爱不是牺牲，恨才是，最后各退一步选择妥协。
跟刚看到《青春变形记》一样，感觉都很古老，感觉都是青春期在寻找认同，《青春变形计》让人感到吵闹与刻意，这部至少有某几处沉静下来的亮点。
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