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.
还将就吧 观感好像比第一部好点 不过金凯瑞的戏份好像多了点 挺好的
相比前传，此片好看很多。这种友情和亲情的表达方式和《小马宝莉》《速度与激情》的表达方式太像了。影片开头就致敬了《闪电侠》；在此片还可以看到《超人：钢铁之躯》《古墓丽影》甚至是《熊出没》的影子。
故事平淡无奇，但是为了金，童年的记忆，仍未褪色
当然也有很多新鲜有趣的点，集中在金凯瑞身上，这叔损人真是有一套！
韩国一切乱的因素不是东北就是朝鲜，你这让人恶心的不行啊。电信诈骗也来政治考量？
索尼克下一集没必要出现了，我看金凯瑞的蛋头博士就够了
人类部分感觉完全没有要啊，砍去了完全没影响
罕见的第二部更好玩诶！每个人都更好笑了。蛋头博士虽然是个十足的坏蛋，但是开场那段，真的给我一种冰河时代系列小松鼠的感觉。表姐更好笑了，克鲁斯真是个有趣的憨憨！小时候看的动画片，不知道为什么印象中塔尔斯是小姑娘，没想到是少年。
看个乐呵，中规中矩，不能细想。比第一部差一点，因为出场“人”多
这还是韩国电影吗，诈骗团伙就这？我要的限制级呢？不知道的还以为是拍中国片呢。什么垃圾导演
剧情很好猜，反派很魔性，索尼克和小伙伴们很可爱，人类很会强行加戏。坐在小朋友中间，然后旁边家长对我微微一笑。
比第一部剧情更丰富，场景也更大，特效也足的多，台词也是各种梗夹杂在一起让人会心一笑，结尾的像素风格也很棒，不明白为啥评分比第一部还低，这种电影不就是图一乐吗
标准流水线作品，美式笑话里加了几条自黑，这一部金凯瑞的戏份少了，没发挥出来啊。
3+，剧情低龄。如果提出刺猬和博士以外的角色，应该能添色不少。但估计投资方有老黑吧。作为儿童动画 还是蛮胜任的。
就是喜欢Sonic这个ip，电影看着还挺欢乐的，彩蛋意味着还有续集吧。
这里是缅甸北部，我生长的地方，欢迎来到我的世界，我娇贵的小公主——这部电影让我想起了缅甸的电信诈骗窝点。
电诈都能拍的这么激情的个人英雄效果，所以小混混就不能办事，利用一个破纹身直接打入敌人内部
还行，游戏迷可以看看。2022.07.03
虽说电影剧本还可以，把韩版电信诈骗拍的很到位。但通过许多细节能看出来，个别韩国电影人种种恶心人的小心思。现在中国大陆境内的电诈骗早就转移到金三角了，还在满心恶意地臆测大陆细节。还用我国国企做暗号，这种人其心可诛。
要是下一集还能欣赏到金凯瑞的电音表演和最后操控机器人的那股顽皮劲儿，可就太幸福了。
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