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.
欧文……我滴欧文（抹口水）……巨星配居家男其实也蛮有趣
是部及格的爱情喜剧片。欧文威尔逊现实生活中不认女儿却总在电影丽演好爸爸，好违和。
美式印度歌舞片，感觉宝莱坞分分钟能翻拍一个。对男主的印象还停留在《上海正午》，没什么变化，发型都一样，就只是老了；女老师的嗓音，要翻拍老友记能演珍妮斯。
圣诞电影，就那样吧，不多要求了。几个男主演都挺养眼的。
这剧情简直是为JL量身打造，离谱又俗套，JL的romcom似乎对单身爸爸情有独钟。JL状态保持的可真不错，里面几首歌曲也蛮好听的，最重要的是，Maluma真的好帅啊！
Shit movie!!! 前半段还行，后面剧情越来越无语，女主一张丧婆脸，好像全世界都欠她的一样，不知感恩，对养父母态度太差了，抱着小清新爱情片的心态来看的朋友，请止步
真不好看，好莱坞是黔驴技穷了么，最近没看到好电影
从倒叙的第一个镜头开始，到女孩握着帽子茫然四顾伫立街头，就是一个完整的爱情故事。或者可以再展开些，到相机镜头偶然捕捉到了赛艇上的男孩，至此完全可以戛然而止。论留白的功夫，Modern Love显然技高一筹。
这是我今年看的最难的电影，just 4 work
歌蛮好听的 剧情设定就还挺俗套挺搞笑的哈哈哈哈哈
两个男主角的情感，还有归乡的话语都太像直人写出来的，但作为圣诞电影确实甜蜜。Luke真养眼
男主帶好友回家過聖誕，本來打算假裝是脫單對象，可是因媽媽找來了約會對象而告吹。豈知好朋友不只是朋友的表象，早已被全家人看了出來，全家人拼命要把男主跟好友湊成一對，只有媽媽要男主跟別的男人在一起。與此同時，男主跟約會對象又是喝聖誕調酒，又是滑雪親親，還來電到考慮搬回家住！好友原本聽了也給予祝福，然而聖誕節越來越近，怎麼可以只顧著約會呢？自然是待在家裡，讓家人製造跟好友相處的機會啦！兩人因工作意外之故，拍起了性感模特照，性感耶！怎麼可能沒感覺？！不過拍完後，約會對象邀約，好友也有事。眼看兩人要散會，全家人趕緊一邊破壞約會、一邊逼好友正視己心且採取行動！全家人助攻啊！後來連約會對象都推一把了！男主只好從了！弄假成真不好嗎？連片尾曲歌手都脫單了啊！麻煩把約會對象Luke Macfarlan讓給我吧！
还能再套路点嘛？
Jesus好久没有看到烂电影了。这种题材要么搞成喜剧要么浪漫爱情片要么搞深刻一点的剧情片，这种看了开头就能一路直接猜到结尾的电影居然拍了将近两个小时…
some guilty pleasure…
萍水相逢在影院，帅哥学霸情款款。
前一半还挺傻挺甜的，后半程简直刻意到不行，尽管这也是可以预见的，但是不太能接受“姐妹变男友”这件事，拜托你们住一起六年诶！有没有搞错！真的可能什么都没发生吗？另外这一大家子都是腐女到处嗑cp也简直了，就算要嗑的话，谁会对帅气忠犬狼狗say no呢？
美式印度歌舞片，感觉宝莱坞分分钟能翻拍一个。对男主的印象还停留在《上海正午》，没什么变化，发型都一样，就只是老了；女老师的嗓音，要翻拍老友记能演珍妮斯。
似乎看完了 又完全想不起看了什么 低配人鬼情未了吧
It suddenly touches me when she says she’s lonely
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