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.
观后感：【不如去看蜡笔小新2021剧场版】
这竟然是百合…我谢谢您。美波笑起来真好看嘻嘻😁
相当nb，本片无死角地黑了极权体制内的所有人，没有一片雪花是无辜的，包括受害者及其家人，这种角度在庭审类型片当中是少见的，完全摆脱了(精神）白左那种俗套煽情片的拍法(类似于辩护人和大审判)，左派知识分子和嬉皮左派的软弱和自以为是(包括结尾那段假惺惺地发言，导演为了黑这位母亲，在结尾字幕上加了她三年后马上死去，如果真是那么大义凛然的一个人，之前在干什么)造成了极权体制内所有人的猖狂和熟视无睹，这也包括男二的父亲，作为一名波兰共党的受益者，他自然不会自省，甚至会为虎作伥，男二柔弱的性格注定了他被白左女性和父亲牵着鼻子走，导演在这里巧妙地告诉观众男二的大致年龄区间，其实也是暗讽目前世界上不堪大用的左派青年，他们面对邪恶，终究还是嫩了一点，作为小资上流，他们不具备顽抗到底的决心，有的只是结尾无脑控诉
比较典型的法国风格电影，脑洞还是挺大，可惜有爱死机玉珠在前，这个脑洞就差了点意思。整体感觉就是把短篇拉成了长篇，并没有更多的惊喜。
机器人造反题材确实已经不新鲜，但用热内的风格拍出来，人类拥有间离般的神经质，让人类和机器人之间越发存在着庄周梦蝶版的混乱与错位。
比较典型的法国风格电影，脑洞还是挺大，可惜有爱死机玉珠在前，这个脑洞就差了点意思。整体感觉就是把短篇拉成了长篇，并没有更多的惊喜。
笑死，虽然知道导演想说啥表达方式也太有壁垒了，是我看法国片太少的原因吗，他们演技好奇怪，可能我看音乐剧太多，总觉得马上要唱起来了x
3.5 看下来一直到结局感觉都很黑暗，比较客观的视角叙事，政府强行压制言论自由，仿佛世界都不见天日。电影的摄影很棒，场景也特别还原80年代，不过缺点也特别大，就是电影太长了，没有目的性取舍且似乎又有往商业电影的节奏靠拢，明显没有把握住。
因为击打发生的瞬间被扭了头，没有看到人嘴唇动，就无法成为目击证人。
铁幕之下，普天共生。漫长的历史正剧，各种维度上满满的无力。事无巨细地完整复述出前共产主义社会东欧国家普遍共通的创伤记忆。于电影，或许中庸，但于现实，却是必要，因为痛楚和压迫仍在继续，愿意反抗的人们依然存在。时到如今，勇敢的，不再遗忘、愚蠢的，死灰复燃，逼迫的、不再恐惧。警醒所看到的，唾弃所盲目的、铭记所死亡的。这是上世纪强权阴影下的波兰，也是用现世诗句对抗不公的世界人民写照，更是人们对自由公正的美好期望。当所有人都知道真相时，审判便不再必要，因为它已写入历史的记忆，当青年不能够代表未来时，光明便不再重现，因为它已溃烂至根。但不要因为看不到光芒就贬低那些追求光芒的人，不要享受着特权就自以为人皆有之。睁开眼睛，看看这个努力用泪水和呼喊演绎生命本真的世界吧，看到暴力、看到鲜血、看到朋友、看到团结。
很有意思的黑色幽默科幻片，机器人越来越进化后，就会觉得人类无用，只有低级的家政机器人，还渴望变成人。要实现阿西莫夫三原则太困难了啊。法国人拍的片子，总是少不了床戏。。那两少年少女，满16岁没？
黑镜+爱死机加长版which no one asked for
对一把年纪的让-皮埃尔热内来说，拍出如此前卫的科技电影，属实不易！略带几分惯用的幽默，增添了一些情趣。
无法言说，像暗恋又不像是，明明离接吻就差那么一点点，偏又放弃。这已经是很明显的喜欢了。两人之间的情愫很美很好，可是故事太散了，不好看。
看不懂剧情，里面的未来小物件，最后的幽默还是很幽默的。
太冗长了。托马斯那么好的演技，至少在三部片子里演技炸裂，在这里被拍得不会演戏似的。这个锅导演得背
岸井雪乃演技很不错算是惊喜，相比之下美波的话在这部片给我感觉路还有点长。
之前觉得法国人的笑点比德国人还怪，这部科幻喜剧片打破了这种印象。讲了很多，节奏也很好，起伏跌宕，还能多要求什么呢。
"I don't expect that day to come quickly. It will come at a time when the systematic desecration of my son Grzegorz's grave will be nothing more than a disgraceful symbol of today's reality."
类似爱死机的一集，也类似《智能大反攻》。
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