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.
这不是《权力的游戏》版《火星任务》？虽然核心概念都是抄的，但无论制作还是导演水平真的略好于《流浪地球》吧。
可能设定本身就是最大的原罪吧，好好地灾难片非要加入科幻元素，我就是单纯的想看月球毁灭，结果告诉我月球是人造的，空心内部亿万年前人类最后残存的家园。所以落点是让现在的人类警惕AI意识觉醒吗？灾难不够灾，科幻不够新，亲情不够煽，逻辑又太多硬伤，确实是泛善可陈，9点多亿的投资，华谊实惨！
2022.3.25 中影（党史馆店） 吹爆cinity厅的特效，不枉费被朋友劝说来这里，31块钱特效完全值回票价。剧情、亲情和逻辑咱就不吐槽了，但是我是真的很喜欢月球内部那个完整的机械工程。不过这个片子，让我想到了很多片子，不看特效真的没必要看。
无力吐槽，从头到尾都是槽点。别人是步子迈大容易扯到蛋，这电影是步子迈大扯到了脑子。
雷克萨斯强行植入。
从剧本到导演、演员、特效...，最后到观众，全部都在敷衍了事。
挺好看的，人们赏月的同时可能月也在窥人，月球内部结构是人类祖先为躲避和AI之间的战争产生，这脑洞厉害了
中规中矩喜剧。我一个想成为首富的男人，没想到成为了首富的男人～哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈
在互联网巨头眼里，专利权算个p，抄袭更是家常便饭。
演员方面，嗯。。。加入一个中国面孔，就可有可无吧！我觉得我们已经不像以前，觉得在外国片里看到一个中国面孔会一惊一乍。
外太空灾难突然划向科幻AI，更是临时架空出来一个人类起源故事。节奏控制简直比片里的灾难还要灾难。地表的支线情节完全就是强塞硬给，地表灾难群像更是一点没有。没有渺小个体面对天塌时的表达，只有一股脑地拯救苍生，牺牲煽情概念生硬得像走流程，又是呈现典型老掉牙的美利坚官僚概念。完全打不过《2012》和《后天》
好久没看过这种爆米花爽片了，说实话，不带脑子还是能看的！虽然故事鬼扯，情节潦草，剪辑稀烂，人物模板化，世界观毫无科学支撑，纯粹拍脑袋瞎想，都不能叫科幻，只能叫奇幻。
7/10分吧，比《流浪地球》好看，但比不上《2012》和《后天》。特效满分，那种通过画面和音效带来的压迫感在激光IMAX影院里体验得淋漓尽致，对于“戴森球”的描画和“远古人类三级宇宙文明”的构想都很有趣，太空科幻永远是我的最爱，人类全体就应该联合起来放眼太空，而不是什么“北约东扩”、“俄罗斯入侵乌克兰”、“美国轰炸索马里”之类的下三滥行为。但优点也仅限于上述，剧情毫无逻辑且跳跃，人设套路扁平，让我感受到了导演已经放弃认真讲故事了的样子，但看在太空科幻和满分特效的面子上，还是给了7分。
电影的野心真大，既包括了月球“人”造论，人类起源说，还容纳了人工智能问题的探索……但是就是什么都浅尝辄止，没有真正的内核。听说过附身动物和人的，没听过附身月亮的……
剧情非常的old了，不仔细逻辑推敲还是挺好看的。
5分吧，除了在线的特效之外，就没有在线的东西了，可能意识到自己剧情垃圾观众不爱看，剧情就二倍速，演员们更是在那里自暴自弃地尬演。
愚蠢的剧情，恶心的ZZZQ。华谊是非洲公司么？
哈哈，可怕的华谊投资引来无数骂声。还有尴尬突兀的中国演员，从质感到演技一无是处。其实片子本身还好，要说它纯特效无脑片的话，质量可要比狂暴巨兽之流好多了(当然有部分特效水平一般，但灾难场面在巨幕看还是很棒的)，基本就是独立日➕2012，从画面到剧情都有所拼贴，说俗套的我倒是觉得这不是问题，好电影关键不在于新俗，反而是运镜节奏演技剧情还没有这两部好，尤其是第三类接触的出现让我三观碎裂，从那以后一泻千里，所有的感情刻意牵强而虚假，连我这个科幻白痴豆惊呼扯淡。但要说是大烂片倒不至于(尼罗河惨案才叫烂穿地表吧，更不要说还有什么逐梦演艺圈之流)，作为群像电影还是很不错的，好莱坞群像商业大片在我看来只有罗兰最好了，且看且珍惜吧。
大银幕确实能增强视效大片的观感。这片要是在电脑上看会觉得很没意思，但在IMAX厅观看不仅视效是享受，而且紧张的情绪也能在视听助力下营造起来。剧情套路又低智，逻辑问题和科学矛盾也不少，节奏也很赶。最大的问题是这么厉害的AI居然制造不了低科技水平的人类制造的武器。不过把月球是高科技星舰展现出来确实让人眼前一亮，再加上各种灾难效果重叠，海啸、地震、雪崩、陨石坠落、反向引力等等，让人大饱眼福。从展现灾难元素来说，地球上这条线必不可少。不过最后非要搞点哲学思考，硬转成科幻片，就比较胡闹了。
无端祸从天上来，月球变轨落残骸。三人小组急出征，拯救世界靠肥宅。
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