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.
可能有文化，宗教隔离导致的不理解，难感受。总之个人角度觉得是过誉了
元素太多，不知所云，不过很末世/宿命论；在定格动画/三维cg/真人cg糅的很6，成片风格很统一
而当下疫情与战争双重危机下末世感更浓，只能祈求别让寓言变成预言。
6.5
地狱游记，把恶心和美感努力做着融合，还好时长可以接受
我愿意相信标题的「疯神」指的是创作者自己，想象力的混乱集合体，一个颓废、疯狂、残忍的世界，充满了死亡和不可名状的生命，机械而又非理性。
这是部政治人性片，隐喻太深不敢明说，怕豆瓣再罚150万
类似2001太空漫游，剧情就像是观光巴士，重点是（导演想表达的）窗外的景色而非巴士座椅舒适与否。
没完全看懂不敢乱讲。单从画面和技术角度看是真的“封神”了！实拍和定格结合流畅，场景、人物、怪物的设计十分出彩，视效推到顶点，脑洞大的惊人，看完有种说不出的诡异和怪诞，好像看懂了一些又好像完全没明白。
因果循环，从诞生到毁灭，再诞生再毁灭，一切从混沌中来，又归于混沌。
喜欢的会很喜欢，看不了的也真受不了，超出预料，怪诞猎奇的梦境终于有人拍出来，如果以后有机会，一定要还原一些梦境。感慨人类的想象力，电影支离破碎，画面展示为主，黑暗中的呓语，色情暴力，浆糊肉泥，很多元素都可以应用到正式电影。
而当下疫情与战争双重危机下末世感更浓，只能祈求别让寓言变成预言。
so damn cooooooooool！
不會因為一部虛構小說改變對Chamberlain的印象。Paul的轉變也是因為被錘過了，所以說……
当然也可以简单的理解为
观看那不可能的非一切，录量那不可能生成的实在。
很顶，四舍五入有我的梦一半那么HiFi吧
BGM不错的。
没有一句台词，层出不穷的怪物，充斥着黑暗血腥场面，奈何我就是不太感冒。
导演最后一行字幕坐实他脑中的片名其实是「张伯伦：被误解的英雄」
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