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.
哈维尔•巴登的表演真是优秀，剧作本身也很犀利，虚伪尽显…
黑到底，嘲笑到底，虚伪到底，把伪善的人和纯良的人全部讽刺了一遍。表面清清白白良好模范企业家，高贵邀请函随手送人。你把我当兄弟，我当成你女婿。《同学麦娜丝》丧礼变选举会，后有丧礼变员工鼓励大会。纯良的混混无辜惨死，产品的检验红毯走秀。博弈的资本是我有钱的爹，有钱能双手遮天，没钱就只能充当儿子认人做爹啦。JB演活了这个虚伪，油腻的形象，赋予了他一丝无奈幽默，明明很讨厌这个角色，但就是恨不起来。一直在想中国翻拍会不会很适合，不会的，压根不存在的～ @2022-02-19 00:34:13
3.5星 这部电影有种双重讽刺的黑色效果。这个老板虚伪贪婪，装作好老板的样子却一直在做腌臜事。 然而，然而，这样的老板如果放在国内，还真的是个好老板，非常好的那种。太讽刺了。 另，由于没有交代为什么开除那个工人，我也分不出是非，只是有一点让我讨厌：当那个工人拒绝一切解决方案只想闹事到底的时候，我无比希望他肉体消失。除了作为中国人骨子里的守序（或者说调和折中），我不懂这么闹下去有什么好处？是能掀起革命还是能获得实利？有老婆有孩子有人生，这种情况下（我看来是正常解雇，或者恶意违法解雇也不影响结论）为什么不去解决这个问题而只是在耍性子？
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极尽讽刺之能事。一位“竭心尽力”将公司打造成大家庭的老板，打着关心的幌子做着操纵他人的行为，一切努力都是出于自身利益。天秤雕塑的隐喻很妙，资本主义下哪有真正的公平，维持平衡的其实是藏在天秤下的那一颗子弹。
在当下演员这个职业被资本裹挟的情况下，能有这样一直努力把精力集中在琢磨人物的从业者是值得敬佩的
影片里的人物众多 却各有特色 刻画地入木三分 全面讽刺了自私自利 愚善良恶
这只是大千世界中的一隅之地，表面光鲜，背地里不知道有多肮脏。这或许是组成这个社会的常态吧。
笑料就是出洋相、口误、阴阳怪气和装疯卖傻，咋呼得要死，彻头彻尾的一个闹剧，甚至都不如去年的《你好，李焕英》。100分钟的超长小品，没有灵魂，还充满了拙劣且肤浅的迷影梗，就连煽情都尴尬得犹如《欢乐喜剧人》。整个改编剧本真的是非常糊弄了事，起承转合和角色动机都如同儿戏。魏翔已经取代程野成为了最让我感到生理不适的喜剧男演员，而演女明星的马丽也毫无说服力，与其说是翻拍《魔幻时刻》，不如说是对《喜剧之王》的又一次重复。黄才伦真的是麻花的烂片之王。
夸张的表演方式、廉价的布景/特效、
哪个外科医生想截肢，不想！ 很写实的内容，老板就是这样，也应该这样。
希望大家不会因为这部电影是翻拍的而主动降低评价，毕竟本土化的改编不应该成为原罪！我感觉今年杀手真的有黑马成色，现场观影氛围也太好了，大家真的是全场爆笑，笑到前仰后合～我旁边的几个观众简直快笑抽了，我也是笑得脸都僵硬了。所以这部电影影评人评价的好坏已经不重要了，因为现场获得巨大快乐的观众们一定会成为这部电影的自来水，相信能很大程度抵消开心麻花这些年自带的招黑体质。今年的魏翔有点儿去年张小斐的感觉，我还挺期待接下来的票房走势的。而且魏翔这个第一个男主角的戏份完成了戏里戏外的完美契合，片尾彩蛋令人感动！如果明年魏翔上春晚的话真的是完美复刻张小斐的李焕英了。魏翔，“在不久的将来，一定会得到观众的认可”！片中的台词或许即将变成现实了。
迷影梗虽然穿插稍显生硬，但也多少有惊喜到我。 ps:竟还出现了游戏《荒野大镖客2》的台词，听到了熟悉的亚瑟摩根的名字: ）
故事完整却也相当刻意，通过各种小事件来构造故事，第一眼给我的感觉甚至有点杰出公民内味，只能说那出平行蒙太奇很加分
以下的“你”全部指代为“开心麻花”，以及部分词替换成括号里的词：
凡事都是相对，哪有绝对的好老板。看你和谁比了……
如果把这个老板放在我们身边来对比，他简直是个天使。
老板真的蛮糟心的，一群不省事的员工。女主长得好像bella hados
深刻诠释了什么叫伪善，我们都有着自私的一面，为着个人看似崇高却可有可无的利益，指使自己去证明别人的错误或加以侵犯。这样的层层羁绊将我们交织在一起，互相伤害，各自可怜！
但大过年的，让人开怀一笑的电影怎么能不来个四星呢😏
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