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.
“如果你吸食岛的生命，那么岛也会吸食你的……”
一个烂俗的故事，倒是布拉德皮特有点惊喜，好久没见他了
怪我没有幽默感 沾满水蛭的ass 并不能多加一星 难看（
又到了神秘海域和丛林奇航的鞭尸时刻，迷失之城比前两个聪明多了，知道现在商业冒险片很难拍出新意，干脆就拍成喜剧，虽然也是有点老套，但这不比神秘海域好看多了？
他美票房神话桑女士天天就诈骗大家来看这种片子
我感觉我有八百年没看过钱宁主演的电影了，桑德拉·布洛克和布拉·德皮特都相较之前的僵硬中老年整容修复脸起色好了超多，连带丹尼尔·雷德克里夫，几位主演的状态都是出奇的不错，可惜这部养人的电影过于俗套了，传统的美式落难公路片夹杂着过时至少二十年的笑料与烂梗，最后的得分嘛，皮特痛快的死掉1星，钱宁和桑德拉的组合还可以1星，钱宁的屁股蛋子1星，啊那一下子蚂蟥水蛭让我想起了狂蟒之灾......
在娱乐性上比<神秘海域>有意思，常看电影的话还能找到一点小彩蛋。
明明是很精彩的冒险喜剧，值得7分，牛姐老当益壮还是很有魅力
就为了皮特那一小段看了这么个烂东西，再加上机翻字幕，没看完直接删了
乍一看真的以为是前两年查理汉纳姆《迷失z城》的续集 但却是钱宁塔图姆的纯喜剧《迷失d城》前者是标准的商业冒险动作片 人物和故事都在不错的水平 本片没想到的是完全的爱情喜剧 关于迷失之城这个主题大概只占了10分钟 最大的惊喜来自于布拉德皮特又一次惊艳的客串
无聊~一样的无聊~话多~那种不好笑的话多~那种不好笑的屎尿屁~~唯一的亮点，也是本片最精彩的部分，就属前面布拉德·皮特的片段了~然后~他就没了
蛮欢乐的，桑姐厉害，这片居然被她演得能够让人信服
only Pitt and butt( ･᷄ὢ･᷅ )
喜剧和浪漫元素都不足够，皮特和女主之间火花还更充足。
挺无聊的一部批着动作冒险外衣确是爱情喜剧内核的爆米花片，海滩风景倒是还不错。
疫情期间库存的最后一个电影，没想到这个冒险模式竟然是丛林搞笑模式，小说家和封面模特，意外劫持到丛林里，哈利波特命令他们找到公主桂冠，结果桂冠竟是一个浪漫的爱情传说，两个人确收获了爱情。片子应该在5-6分水平，但是有了那十分钟布拉德皮特的客串营救，被崩掉，增加了故事趣味性，为喜欢的男人加一分吧。
《迷失之城》唯一的看点就是皮特被爆头的如此干脆。就像《阅后即焚》里挂的一样如此干脆。
这种古怪的romcom挺适合现在看的，no? 皮特甩秀发太秀了！
这部电影的场面特效真的对不起那么高配的卡司阵容。
本来对《迷失之城》还是挺期待的，因为就如同朱迪福斯特的那部《尼姆岛》一般，讲述一个冒险题材小说家的真实冒险故事，这种反差是宅文化的一个鲜明标志，本来可以玩很多花样，再加上桑德拉布洛克虽然颜值有限，但跟瑞茜威瑟斯彭一样极具头脑与眼光，也同时让自身的职业野心变成一个完全的褒义词，但可惜这回桑大姐是看走眼了，这部美国网大实在是烂俗桥段的组合，就算是在中国视频门户网站率先上线，估计也会被骂惨，或者直接无视，这也说明了明星与资本，还有大数据，在真正独特的创意面前，可能会陷入一文不值的下场。
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