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.
这个夏天，感谢工号P03008 感谢沈腾和麻花给我带来快乐！
和刘亦濛在电影院看的第十三部，这个暑假第一部（也许是唯一一部？）IMAX。第一次看到开心麻花的喜剧片以悲剧结尾？
沈腾自己上还是能打一打的，但country road让我觉得很尬。20220728@百老汇MOMA2号厅E3-4
玛丽颜值演不了女神！玛丽台词太煽情，配音拿腔拿调，不自然！刚开始不是和那袋鼠怎么后来突然就要打了bug，袋鼠这么听话不好！舱门打开，英文配音不好！陨石雨轰击月盾基地要是无声会让人印象更深刻！
7/29 特别晒的下午，表弟请看。破了不看麻花的惯性哈哈哈，比西虹市时期的油腻收了点，逐渐靠近合格喜剧爆米花，音乐也进步了。直男趣味依然白眼翻到下来（大男人+繁殖梗云云）。
3.5 你是宇宙中孤独的微光，守住了千万人家园的梦。你的孤独，驱散了孤独，因为爱而勇敢
优点就是做到合格喜剧的基础上探讨了更为宏大的主题。囿于发达社交网络的人类已经多久没有抬眼星海？技术理性和人类感情之间的伦理冲突也值得思考。
冲着沈腾看的… 前一半很搞笑 后一半没必要
感觉没想象的那么好笑，或者说，完全不怎么好笑。但是画面挺好看的，浪漫又调皮。
叫喜剧？吴京刚从摄影棚出来，你丫沈腾就窜进去，拍这个糊弄人？那个袋鼠都演的吓人，换个可爱的动物都不会？
配乐做得很有水准，结合画面看起来还是很给人沉浸感
还好吧。故事三星，一星给那句“刚子现在不太正常”——莫名戳中我的笑点。
当一部电影用角色时长作为营销卖点的时候，请擦亮眼睛。
真的觉得沈腾被综艺跟热搜过度消耗了，虽然从他喜剧天赋的独角戏表演中还是能找到一丝愉悦。还好这部加上了“工业”——特效，英雄，满配乐，至少确实比之前的现代小品式的更像电影。英雄爱情袋鼠设计俗套，靠闯入房间，被打来营造笑点看的甚至有些不适，但是确实是合格的商业片，上海影院也难得的很多场次快满座了。黄子韬跟吴京那段比较好笑。希望“所有的科学数据都证明，但是我不相信科学”是阴阳怪气。#七宝cgv
本子不行，腾哥尽力了，换其他人演应该尬的看不下去
其实这部电影笑点很多，很密集，几分钟就是一个段子，小品改电影的方式拍电影，喜剧效果加分。
1、都是沈腾的老梗了，着实不怎么好笑，很多段子已经过时到了尴尬的地步；
作为以科幻为背景的作品，又没有去深入展开要说的命题，搞笑也只是浮于表面的笑点。开心麻花始终没有跳出自己的舒适圈，剧情干瘪，靠沈腾卖力强行堆砌所谓的笑点，真难为了沈叔叔了。开心麻花这几年的作品质量可谓是每况愈下，这源自于对观众日益提升的观影水平没有一个好的估计，从而没有调整好自己的创作方向。所以，出来的作品总达不到观众所期待的高度，被人吐槽也是理所当然的。
问题有挺多，不是很喜欢袋鼠，而且觉得沈腾和马丽的爱情很薄弱也有点无厘头。但是仅从国产科幻片的制作角度，我喜欢这片的特效、剧情台词甚至是宏大世界观。太空和灾难特效非常真实，台词和场景各种致敬太空梗，那个纪念碑致敬《2001太空漫游》抓住我的心，笑点密集，仅从国产科幻片的角色塑造来看比流浪地球更讨喜。特效+道具有《地心引力》《星际穿越》《火星救援》既视感。
唯一多余的就是那一份没有必要的爱情，其实与袋鼠之间的友情，对家乡的思念，对信念的坚定，才是最难能可贵的。人在最孤独最无助的时候，最需要的是希望和信念。
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