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.
靠彩票带领全镇致富的真实故事，还是挺有意思的
这才是派拉蒙最擅长的，结构工整情节精彩的「派式电影」，现实版「书中自有黄金屋」。有老白+安妮特贝宁这样的组合加持，演技方面自不必说。
2022.7.24周日 一刷 好 很好 非常好
我以为是年龄大了所以冷漠了，所以看皮克斯动画没有共鸣，翻了一下评论好像是电影本身没有达到期待的水平
烂 皮克斯现在就这俩下本领了吗 毫无高潮的剧情张力 角色印象僵硬 毫无特色 五要是还是这种水平趁早砍掉续集计划 永远把观众属于玩具的回忆留在第四部
还可以，时空的错乱设定以及多重宇宙观符合目前的主流电影架构，比那部nt片心灵奇旅还是强不少，大银幕看，动画渲染做得不错，尤其是飞船的加速过程，让人看得比较愉悦
当你以为你能看得更多时，往往你反而看得更少了。
擅长数学真是一件很酷的事情，退休后能有杰瑞和玛姬那样喜欢冒险、为家乡做贡献的兴致更酷。
3.5吧
我看到的：钱在别人那怎么就那么好赚我什么时候能暴富
开头很多叙述还有末尾的那段长长的老年人对年轻人的对话像极了3流通俗小说的对白～实在是………没看过此类小说的人无法明白～演员都演了自己擅长的角色～太多cliche～
爱情不随着年龄增长而衰退，简直是成年人的童话了
风风火火的漂亮女孩儿，到哪儿都是用跑的。自由且勇敢，不断去突破，感情关系要由这样的姑娘来带领。
在最先进的国家你永远永远永远不可能钻当权者的空子，除非你是当权者
7分。一个通过彩票漏洞买彩票致富的故事。在这个基本框架下，剧情有几点不同：杰瑞和玛姬享受的是两口子在退休后一起冒险一起做事的过程，只不过结果刚好是有了钱；杰瑞和玛姬致富不忘带同乡，死气沉沉的小镇因为有钱了，又焕发了生机；杰瑞和玛姬遇到自私的哈佛大学生对手，并且让对方惨败；杰瑞和玛姬知道彩票漏洞，彩票销售公司也知道，只不过大家心照不宣，因为多买（卖）彩票是一件双赢的事情；杰瑞和玛姬最后过上了幸福的生活。有钱真好。
i love their attitude to their right now.
皮克斯原来一贯秉承的概念➕娱乐，现在只剩下了娱乐，而在这个漫威帝国时代，所有ip都被“宇宙”所限制住了，本可以在玩具总动员的现实世界中发生更多故事连接，却陷入了将故事既不大胆又无创新的“垒积木”中，直接把这段本应有趣的故事限定在了“巴斯电影”里，巴斯飞向了宇宙，但宇宙在这里并没有无垠。
从良后的老白太可爱，可惜还是做着见不得光的捞偏门业务，看来我也得思考一下退休生活了。
老白和chuck同时出现，叫古德曼情何以堪。 片中彩蛋“你俩该不会是大毒枭吧”
心是如此的纯净善良，小镇很有爱，信任，是一种可贵的，值得珍惜的情感
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