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.
精彩！导演真是玩得一手好花活儿。对各类经典作品密集的致敬和解构，对影视圈毫不留情的剖析与自嘲，戏剧感十足（十分省钱）的密室与表现方式，伪剧本杀式的人物群像与层层反转，更不用说十分高级又让人会心的笑点。不过真正打动人的却在剧情之外，那句“一个小姑娘，想站在舞台上唱歌，她有什么错”，那群深陷泥沼却又理想不灭的影人，那只伸出却又缩回的手。意在言外，回味悠长。
法国小清新，剧情略微狗血，大量镜头致敬候麦，似乎也只有在巴黎，这样的故事才有土壤。
好看的悬案离不开对凶手内心的探索，张本煜此次无疑是他演艺生涯最为浓墨的一笔。
密室够不上本格派，表现张力难称社会派，
啊，为啥现在观众喜欢这类呢？倒也不是要装阳春白雪，来吐槽什么审美low拍得差，因为看物料就没期待过。纯粹是觉得作为唯一看点的剧本杀叙事，除了讲清楚了和有反转，这个故事连带着梗都挺无趣，什么调料都撒了一点，但还是掩盖不住食材的粗糙和厨艺的庸俗。
婚姻破碎，子女成年，突然开启新生活的敏感脆弱的Elisabeth，无助的开始，放下所有又拥有所有的美丽结局。Charlotte把“夜旅人”Elisabeth扮演得太好了，好爱这电影浓浓的法式情调。
好文艺，不仅电影拍得文艺，豆瓣评论也文艺，似乎不懂几句法语，不能说出几个电影专业名词，不能对比几部小众文艺片都不好意思写评论了，而我只是爱这温柔而绚丽的夜呀
直面了生活中那些沉重的不堪的难过的经历 都好像是被反复揉碎 好像在电影里又没有那么痛苦和绝望 只感受到了温柔 就像在黑暗中被一束光照亮
女主真的好有气质啊，慵懒的法式女人。talulah超级美，陶瓷娃娃一般。全欣赏美女去了 哈哈哈
甘斯布眉宇间的英气是藏不住的，虽然她在剧中刻意羸弱，说话也是压着嗓子。
2.5 / 全员扁平话剧腔。有故事没编剧没叙事的典型。假如不是真的自己玩剧本杀是没有任何乐趣的。
走出人生中的些许失意，夜旅人的上镜头瞬间在巴黎夜景中显得格外动人。
剧本杀式的推理悬疑电影，辅以搞笑的段子、无厘头的情节、戏谑的迷影梗、隐射现实（电影行业、掌权者的游戏与弱点）让人看得津津有味。
就像被留在房间里的旧镜子上的
看梗概觉得点子不错，看剧本觉得差点意思，没想到成片比预期还低（还好没投，扫了眼根本没人投只有制作方）表达有深度但又没有那么独特，无论是拍电影还是里面涉及的社会议题都是草草了事，当然不深刻也不意味着下沉，还是下不去，观赏性一般，123分钟大概30分钟有个笑点，掐头去尾不如弄个短片，本身创意就很短片，不足以支撑两小时。这种高不成低不就建议选送平遥，还能搏个好彩。跟剧本杀也毫无关系，剧本杀是带入角色，能入戏，这只是围观一群人开剧本会，强设定的情境，情感上很难共鸣；其次是视听设计跟立意表达毫不匹配，用电视剧网大的普普视听去讲一个拍电影的故事，不知道该说导演是新手（好像也不是）还是导演对电影的理解就这么个程度。形式类似的很多，同样表达只想到《一步之遥》，还是比《一步之遥》好看点。
看起来是清冷平静的氛围，但内在是温暖而亲密的，而且真的好喜欢巴黎。
会由我们的梦来滋养
别扭，但还是好。结尾决定不打搅女孩的动作真是拍得不舒服，即便整个闪回推导逻辑都是对的（以再次共情于两人、认同他对她的保护为止），但现在外化出来的动作太主动太突然了，哪怕是来一段烂俗的追公交→停车给机会→顿时又放弃的波折都比现在好。不过无论哪种拍法，不露脸都是对的，一方面给了多义，一方面成了符号。
3.5，让人很舒服的一部“怀旧”之作，也有部分不同画幅的素材加入，让一个中年女性重新开始，和儿女之间也没有drama的青春叛逆的冲突，一切都是淡淡的，PS 导演是个侯麦粉丝
从老秦的演技开始崩，后面逐渐都崩了，整体台词演技有些撑不起来，悬疑和反转就还可以，张本煜有点王千源的感觉啊演的不错
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