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.
比沙丘好。至少没有自作聪明自以为是。目的明确奔着商业性去，算是好笑又炫目，也不至卖弄些不值得卖弄的东西，把人看困。
看了0点（07）场，我不相信这传说中的体面落幕拍得这么糙，见过动机稀烂、莫名其妙且话多的反派但没见过这么差劲的，不会拍文戏就不要拍，但是摄影也能这么难看配乐也能这么难听可怎么办呢。客观说前三十分钟是好的，中段冗长后段抓马，见过抓马的没见过这么抓马的，见过俗不可耐的剧本没见过这么俗不可耐的，见过冗长的电影没见过这么冗长的……最后一小时的戏什么玩意？？什么玩意？？大张旗鼓请菲编加盟写得这什么玩意啊，就这还吹最好的邦女郎呢，可憋扯了，蕾雅赛杜能去演点好东西吗？Ana de Armas就这么一场戏啊？只有马泰拉给我留下了印象。推荐007给什么观众呢，就推荐给看沙丘看不下去的，嫌沙丘沉闷、情节性不强的观众，这一波三折三波八十折，目不暇接咣咣咣轰轰轰，而且还毫无信息量，定能取悦这部分观众。
看了不下15次表，最后时刻yes，终于！又臭又长。
看过了，照原版的有不少改动，男主家人加戏很多
结局居然不是泊车大叔和女明星在一起的俗套剧情，好评+1
其实还是俗套，但轻松加愉快。人物刻画的还不错，其他就是常规。
女主很一般啊，剧情倒是比较老套，细节到位。
法国原版幽默诙谐，但情节略显单薄，美版故事更为丰富，但颜值明显不如原版。
但即便我没怎么看过007，也觉得他的落幕只有如此太过可惜。
好久没有看这么流畅的电影了，挺有意思的。有时间找原版再看看。
一般般，为了女主而看的（男主在母亲葬礼上的讲话很感人）
万万没想到这个系列居然能跟亲情家庭扯上关系……
【20220703】和老婆一起看的，还不错，是翻拍法国电影，而且国内也翻拍过，郑凯演的《临时演员》豆瓣垃圾分数。没看过原版，美国这版充满了家庭的温馨，加上墨西哥人对种族歧视的自嘲，笑点满满。
7.4 哇哦，居然是部爱情片。感觉全片都在不断重构007这一代号所代表的意义，逐步击垮男性主导的话语权（尤其体现在圣地亚哥一段，女性的轻盈和男性的笨重形成了鲜明的对比），从而让邦德的退幕显得更加顺理成章。一头一尾当然是极好的，满载着碧梨歌词里那种reckless to love的感觉，几乎可以让人忘记safin这个角色有多么傻逼多么意义不明了。(我没看错的话片头动画部分子弹最后一个构成的是vesper吧!)
很难去猜故事的走向，意料之外。
改编落在人种问题上还是很美国很落地，女主人设更可爱了
我真的谢谢最终男女主没在一起，不然我会怀疑又看了一遍《巨星嫁到》……还有一个疑问，是全世界男性都认为睡白妞是在为国争光吗？Long live Mexico.
就是那种合家欢爱情喜剧，没看过原版，就说这一版，不同种族的爱情还挺有意思，最后两人没有相爱也算是没有落入俗套、没有谁是空中楼阁的爱情，还算不错
翻拍得不行能不能起码找几个比原作漂亮的演员……
既然是爽剧，能不能爽的彻底点，别给我逻辑，请让我爽翻天就行，这样不上不下的真的很揪心。
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