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.
《乘风》的战马画面很壮阔，致敬革命先驱。。
而沈腾就差了些，虽然我很喜欢他，但是导演还是算了吧。吴京的战争戏我都审美疲劳了，拍的有些蠢。
个人喜好顺序鸭先知，诗，少年行，乘风。
还好没去影院看。。。诗的单元有触动，夫妻俩平淡细腻的爱情很美好，爸爸去天上写诗的解释浪漫又悲情。但不知道是不是为了凑时长，最后大段的哭戏强行煽情又变low了。
＊3鸭先知，徐峥，以小见大，第一支电视广告
《诗》：章子怡有《一代宗师》的感觉，后面升华部分多余。
吴京这一Part不好，其它和家人欢欢乐乐看看还是OK的～
你曾苦过我的甜，
上阵父子马仁兴乘风，天上的诗火箭父母继子亲女，鸭先知父子参桂养荣酒，机器人父设计师子。
平凡的渺小/是伟大的开始/
天边的月 心中的念
梦你所梦的团圆
四星给吴京的第一段，看的时候就觉得非常真实，看完查了一下资料，果然是史实改编……很多人觉得第一段扯，觉得真实的历史是杜撰的，也不奇怪，因为这种人恰好是喜欢第三段甚至第四段的人。第四段不提了，烂得没眼看。第三段只提了经发的好处，完全忽略借国家媒体信誉背书做广告，带来的1990s全国道德崩溃的乱象，稍微了解一下「标王」的那段历史就知道有多脏多恶心，踩上时代红利的鸭先知们，有几个成了民族资本家，又有几个转头做了买办呢？这不是一段嘻笑就能盖过的历史污点。分段评分，我个人觉得是4321星，开心麻花真的不行，以后就拍拍直男笑话就可以了。理解不了父辈的精神，拍出来自然就是笑话。现在轮到我们做父辈了，就这么一星下去？豆瓣越来越成为新中国历史的反向指标了，每到国难就有文青当汉奸，这倒也是历史的必然。
见你未见的世界
麻花的电影总是那么搞笑又带着哲理：究竟是先有爸爸还是先有孩子？吴京部分虽然热血，但是也失真。章子怡的努钦替代父亲身份确实是很好的讨论。徐峥导演最近几年是个人风格越来越明显了，对入世的东西进行讨论是他最擅长的。
意外竟然是这个系列中最能看的一部，《诗》和《鸭先知》都OK的。
真的看不下去，一堆大咖➕碎片内容➕一些烂梗，情节很糟糕，最精彩的是片尾曲。
全部星星都给徐峥，和其他三个篇章的气质都不一样，尽管只是低仿韦斯安德森。章子怡没有那么好，吴京沈腾完全看不下去
保持我和我的系列的特点，多段式的处理方式。不同的时代背景。跟去年不同的，个人觉得今年最差的恰恰是麻花那段。吴京的处理方法还是那么简单粗暴，徐峥对上海弄堂的驾轻就熟，韩昊霖的表演依旧加分；反倒是章子怡那段感觉最佳，明显不同于其他三段，大漠，孔明灯，多样的光线，穿插的叙事结构等等，无不体现着女性的细腻与浪漫，最浪漫的一个镜头当属中国的空间站与东方红一号擦肩而过，这种表达瞬间触动国人特别是航天人的自豪感。
徐峥模仿韦斯安德森太有意思了，本土化演绎70年代的上海故事
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