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.
在网剧里还算不错的，尤其看到小童星长成大人了，有点意外。故事比较平铺直叙，打斗戏还是比较货真价实的，+一星给点鼓励。
剧情一般般，动作戏还不错，整体来说算是网大里面的精品了。谢苗最近总演网大，啥时候能演一次大荧幕啊。
是小青年爱看的打打杀杀。从头打到尾，整体风格干净利索，快节奏。
比预想的好很多，但比期待的差了一点。1，编剧没有深入生活，福利院的孩子除了本身有名字的，全部都姓“党”，因为是党在养育他们，所以不会出现李红旗这样的名字，有点想当然了；2，虽然考虑细节在最后有了拿弓弩和猎枪的小喽啰，但是他们从“看到杀人惊恐”到“与JC对峙”的转变实在太快，逻辑崩了。编剧再走点心，这片子能更高分。
比老版花了更多精力去铺垫人物背景，可一直到结尾也没能擦出更多火花。 场景虽然更美了，但也更油腻更CG了，一眼就看的出的抠像演戏，代入感大打折扣。 而且我怎么记得原先推石头的不是在阿布辛贝勒神庙，好像是在卡尔纳克？
新版只能说勉强及格，全靠阿婆的故事撑住，就美国现在必须加入有色演员和同性因素的风气，怕是再难拍出以前那种古典格调了，所以给波洛加了莫名其妙的尴尬爱情线，所以删掉了原著里红色主义者的存在，所以富家千金小姐有个印度表哥就离谱，原来他美影视文化也在倒退了。
要有女同，要有有色人种，给你辆自行车要不要？啧。
剧情十分守旧，实打实的打斗戏很不错，公交车一场有创意。
6.5/10.
密西西比上的惨案（❌）这片改名叫《赫克利波罗的失败》算了，上一次看到这种要救的都没救下来还把自己老婆本赔上的侦探还是夏洛克福尔摩斯（？？？？？ 最后还是只有百合存活的世界达成了。且不说这选角造成的富婆果然瞎了的感觉更明显了，侦探自己的部分有啥意义？？？？对天放枪我以为我看尼罗河上的李云龙啊？？？？？真是狗屁不通的融合人物毫无意义好吗。
动作硬朗，剪辑简洁，节奏不拖，算是国产电影中不错的作品了。只是这故事，正能量永远狗都不信。到美帝留学出机场被骗光学费？编剧怕不是只去过郑州西安火车站吧。
非常平庸的改编，导演依旧喜欢给自己加戏，不过结尾没有放飞，前面疯狂水时间，以至于案件收尾太潦草……
剧情十分守旧，实打实的打斗戏很不错，公交车一场有创意。
大胡子的来历没几个人关心吧？而且，如果皮肤真烂成那样，胡子也是长不出来的。每个人似乎都有作案的动机，电影仍然没有跳出套路。套路就是动机越大的越不可能是凶手，越没有作案时间的往往越是真凶。推理的过程不是很让人信服，因为什么原因推导出什么结果的部分比较弱，证据也仅仅是褪色的手帕一条，然后凶手就招供了，放弃了抵抗。服化道不错，其它优点不太明显。
肯尼斯没事做可以去搞原创IP，大可不必在这霍霍阿婆，虽然不是原著党，但总觉得要对原著有尊敬吧。这寄吧改得什么啊。
很ok，低配东北黑社会版《导火线》，能打的老二老三，分别有一场封闭空间打斗戏，医院戏好于大巴戏。三十岁以后的谢苗，状态对了，配上合适的角色和硬派的动作设计，好评。
推理为骨，爱情为肉，风光为皮，政治正确是流满全身的血液。拍摄于疫情前的顶级娱乐片，大银幕看风光尤其沁人心脾，疫情后很难想象我们还曾有那样的黄金而乐观的时代（怎么感觉像是一战后了）
1.伴着舞蹈无处不在的布鲁斯音乐还行。
大银幕的胶片质感给了电影一份很好的观影体验，虽然女同和黑人的当代设定有些刻板，无奈阿婆的故事实在出色，经得起任何时代的魔改。
1.非原著党，所以也没有原著党的愤怒，甚至觉得IMAX版作为旅游宣传片还特别爽。
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