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.
平庸到犯罪，夹杂以个别无聊到让我的手指在快进键上微微颤抖的戏，比如开保险箱，按理来说这里应该最点睛，但真的太难看了，内部结构拆解来一遍几秒就行了，你还次次都放那么久，模仿高潮的微表情也没有出色到想让人慢慢琢磨。这类电影现在想要赢，不是爽就得疯，结果本片一个都没做到，做贼还做出三六九等了不就是怕主角团不够正义么，没劲，那我反问你，做villain又如何？而且男主那厚实的大胸紧致的腰臀衬衣能在下胸勒出褶，你拍他打不过Brad，我无法被说服……
开保险箱再难，也就是转来转去这一个看头，一种困难模式感觉，重复N次，等click那一声……看多了没意思
观感比毒液好，飞行特效活脱脱虐杀原形。什么时候超英片能拍一个和主角超能力不一样的反派啊？审美疲劳了
这个剧本做成科学版的德古拉诞生记或许还有点看头，莫比亚斯应该都不算超英，这部是超级反派的起源电影么？电影特效还可以，很有游戏感，像老游戏虐杀原型。角色方面莱托演的一般，剧本太迷惑，角色太脸谱化，马特的反派也很脸谱化，不过马特的台词念的真的挺有韵感，莫不是英式英语跟美式英语的区别？最后的彩蛋是强行组成蜘蛛侠反派宇宙，看不懂他们有什么理由要干蜘蛛侠！
Hey kids Zack Snyder finally make his version of the Hobbits and it's cute as fuck so say thank you Master Zack Snyder I need the third one now
鬼骷髅的脸欣赏无能，无功无过的动作商业片。
救回来不少扎克没有的分，至少人物不再支离破碎，剧情不再漏洞百出，只是也没有成为什么经典罢了
前半段非常小马风格，但逐渐感觉到他在迎合，再over一点就好了。
本片叙事平庸，情节设计不足，动作场景更是糟糕，而且台词设计似乎与场景匹配度不够，挂名德国电影却完全没有德国味道…强忍着看完，心累。
以身试毒，挑着MattSmith的戏份过了一遍…演员都很好，但剧情真的土，土得我想给奇异2打五星…索尼我劝你放下IP立地成佛…
感觉比毒液2强哈哈。
和扎导上来就声势浩大的反类型不同，演员对于作品定位的精准把控和套路的执行，造就了一部保守但不乏小精彩的作品。这样一部烂片衍生出来没人看好的电影，它本身在今年一堆牛鬼蛇神的商业片里，还真不算太差啊，这可真有够可悲的。
虚假的蝙蝠侠：布鲁斯韦恩，穿一身黑COS蝙蝠，但是和蝙蝠能力没有鸡毛关系，不会飞，不吸血（虽然演过暮光之城），不会超声波，蝙蝠见了吊都不吊他，超能力是超有钱，不如改名叫Richman。
结果MCU的秃鹫被安排到这里了，不知想怎样
最后为啥答应秃鹫一起去搞蜘蛛侠啊？
别抱任何期待还行，可看可不看
6.5 现在的男主都爱碎碎念。有趣的还是古老的传说。
很难想象漫威题材的超英电影会拍成这样,拍的什么玩意儿,就这还布局续集呢？索尼果然是毁IP的能手.
就很普通啊，组成一个团队，各司其职，完成团队偷盗。刚开始唯一的创新是设置了玄乎其神的瓦格纳保险箱四部曲，可是每个保险箱的解密过程都大同小异，看得我兴致全无。导演过程中还吐槽是不是就像电影中那种，几个人组队，对，你的吐槽很对，你这个电影没有一点儿突破这个框架的地方了。甚至连负责司机的角色你都没有给设置更多更应该的责任。
以为是个特别出彩的超级英雄，没想到就是一部爆米花片，角色定位恐怖向，让人怎么也喜欢不起来，吸血鬼的超能力特效是全片精彩的地方，如果没有这个特效加持，就没什么可看的了，剧情还不如黑夜传说系列。
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