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.
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情怀满满敢死队，roller快餐店是真的cool
7分，不只是针对不同群体间的“傲慢与偏见”，更是针对每个人的“傲慢与偏见”，我们总会或多或少地用自己心中固有的观念或印象去看待他人，而当彼此真正相处才有机会打破这道初始印象的壁垒。
卧槽，一样的名字居然又一部…我说看过16年那个那么垃圾的怎么不太像…这次前面那么一本正经的铺垫，后面突然成儿童片了…最多能逗4年级以前小学生一乐
最最最尴尬的就是结局了。
工工整整的类型+剧情+套路+怀旧致敬。片尾曲是小Pheobe的演员自己写自己唱的，真可爱。另，豆瓣影评里那些跟淘宝评价一样的文章是什么鬼东西。。
娱乐性很强的一部电影，看到抓鬼F4重聚瞬间泪目。
拍出了1993年好莱坞电影的感觉。很明显想搞捉鬼宇宙。
actually……
确实拍的很有情怀，但对于非粉丝来说全程还是太慢太无聊了
没看过老版实际看还是挺新鲜。美国捉鬼也是玩的高科技。“只有母亲。”潜台词“你这个学生我教定了”
儿童片也在大踏步的退化，还有就是这村里肤色够全的。
怎么能这么无聊，全方位的难看。要啥没啥，而且导演或者制片是没搞懂你片子的受众吧？一些冷笑话也只有腐女和直人才会笑吧？
fine,这种套用都市童话模板甚至爆米花式的“小基电影”也没必要向扣咪拜哟宁看齐，嗑嗑瓜子看看肉体吐槽下俗烂爱情不就够了,will越看越有林保怡的港味，至于 Zane Phillips，哦买噶，Christian hogue和Luke Macfarlane的直弯奇妙混合体。
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连着幕后原版Spangler演员去世的故事看还挺感人的……但整个高潮来得都太晚了。全片最大笑点：别人都在深情演感情时在一旁跟野人一样的paul rudd哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
开场还不错越到后面越垮，最近这两年消费老片情怀的电影怎么越来越多，看之前怪奇物语，看之后鸡皮疙瘩
Who you gonna call? Call me maybe?
格瑞丝可爱，脱线老妈有点好玩，保罗路德超市里那两步走演活了一个二货，其他都很无聊
240th 骄傲月很轻松的gay妞电影，男酮版傲慢与偏见，更难得的是以亚裔为主角。
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