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.
为什么要给打十分呢？因为大年初一的时候很多人给打了一分两分。韩寒的电影我全部都看过，这是我认为最好的。我不知道，其他人说的。没有大纲的高中生写的小说还什么青春伤痛文学。但是我只能说他是我的菜。今天是我2022年五一假期的第一天，早晨醒来之后什么也没干，中午吃完饭之后又睡了一会儿。看完这个电影又到了晚饭的时间了，现在6:30好了，我要去吃饭了。
韩寒的小镇青年开始试图融入社会，又背离城市，但内容又无比割裂和无序，更别说什么镜头语言了。
剧情和女主演技绝配，但刘浩存确实挺好看的。
其实还好。以为是四海之内皆兄弟，却不过是漂泊四海剩一人。
6分。韩寒这次玩砸了，谁吃饱了撑的想大年初一去看个致郁的玩意儿，这是诅咒观众遇车祸是吧？其实之前飞驰人生最后就已经有那股味儿了，但好在故事已经见底了，再加上后面就是字幕了，所以也就算了。这次嘛，前后就仿佛是把两个电影硬连在一起的，纯粹就是那种伤痕文学看多了出来膈应人了哎？？老百姓可没空和你无病呻吟，一个词就把这片子给干翻了：晦气！
角色不像傻子，只是这片子拍得像傻子。韩寒还希望观众也是傻子。
春节档是回家拥抱温暖的时节，而这部电影恰恰讲的是小镇青年被生活击垮的残酷现实。喜庆的日子里，去电影院强行输入生活的无力与沉重，多少有点不合时宜。
前半个小时看着还能乐呵乐呵，再往后就越来越没意思了。
他们是游了多远，能碰到那么大的船，整死人。
观众老了，时代老了，韩寒还没有老，他还是那个当年张牙舞爪“七门功课红灯，照亮我的前程”的时代叛逆者，但是这一套似乎不奏效了，感觉怎么都觉得有些刻意，追逐呐喊，追逐自由，但是不灵了啊大作家。现代人被毒打之后，就想过得轻松，越用力越疲惫，想要抓紧却偏偏流走。
怎么说呢…华纳高层评价Amber的那句话可以完美用在刘浩存身上：That's what makes a movie star a movie star...
韩寒的导演编剧水平已经很成熟了，不要和郭敬明之流相提并论，大低分的都是什么心理
也许某天，它的评分会慢慢上来
风云只是借贷风云，金鳞亦是人外有人，原来大家不过都是池中物，大城市里真的没有那盏专为他们亮起的灯
十分韩寒，看在工整的份上80分有了 麦琪的礼物这条线隐藏的有点明显 人物动机与设定虽然毫无逻辑，但却十分新概念
一部电影拍了四遍，故事内核仍然是一个。
开篇仍停留在十几年前的初代网络俏皮话模式，用至死少年的陈词滥调直接唱响了韩寒的银幕挽歌。然而随着进入城市空间的架空/魔幻质感展开，韩寒作品前所未有地被拓展至由愚勇与悲悯并构的宏大格局，对于英雄主义的视听包装竟颇具风格。数朋友圈式的熟脸堆叠中，刘昊然本能般的少年气质堪称救赎。
比如像“含早”这样的烂梗，我是有心理准备的，可是在看到的时候，还是会觉得很惊人，明明是小蛮腰建成，甚至有微博抖音的年代，也太降智了……
小岛上的赛车，以为是摩托版的头文字D。越往后人物越散越没主心骨，这再以往的韩导影片中并不常见。回到最早的话题，我们的市场，对于导演的要求是否太过低了？
开头还挺好的，普通韩式喜剧俗烂风格，可能是特别想拉近现实和无力的批判，导致后来走向了失控，不过韩寒的审美还是可以的，没多大意思
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