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.
JB表演真好 剧本很好 轻盈幽默地将暗流涌动展示出来
分裂明显的一部片子，适合过节放松看。搞笑的时候笑得肚子疼，一旦停止搞笑就开始打哈欠。
我觉得是不错的商业流水线电影，希望豆瓣上的人能平等对待欧美日韩流水线和国产流水线电影。
Javier Barton饰演了一个伪善且有野心勃勃的老板，但或许是因为太多情节展现了他的困境，所以很长一段时间我们看到的是一个心力交瘁、高情商有耐心的老板，或许是因为现实生活的暴击更为猛烈，真心以为如此一个花那么时间管员工破事，对一个不满辞退员工束手无策、睡了实习生、以及看重能力把嫡系辞退的老板，真的是……好老板
如此垃圾的电影，没一点逻辑，纯粹是为搞笑而搞笑，问题是好笑吗？
good boss迟早会翻船吧
像 寄生虫似的。
老实人多半没有好下场，看到老板是哈维尔巴登扮演的我直接傻眼，还记得老无所依里的气枪杀手塑造实在太精彩。
我不理解，巴登子怎么能这么丑又这么帅啊？？？！！！我无语了其他演员完全看不见！！！
哈维尔巴登yyds，和骚潘去年都奉献出了职业生涯又一个高峰，如果戈雅奖的最佳女主是骚潘就好了
精巧小品搭建的轻喜剧，热门话题通通囊括，杀手的表演一如既往的在线。
一開始有些迷失在工廠人物裡，殊不知越看越來勁。焦頭爛額的工廠老闆「禍不單行」，對著員工一口家庭經，大事小事管到底，前有員工抗議，後有員工家庭風波，連帶自己搞上好友千金。將老闆的兩面展現得淋漓盡致，不乏自然笑點（演技加成、皮笑肉不笑的尷尬情境），玩了一手職場諷刺喜劇，殘酷又會心，也算編排得宜，小人物記憶點鮮明，前後呼應。
夸张的表演方式、廉价的布景/特效、
毫无逻辑的剧情，莫名其妙的表演，假到离谱的棚拍，就这还煽情“演员梦”？是把电影当百变大咖秀了还是以为观众都是傻子？
是的，所谓“成功的企业家”都是这样玩的；要想天平平衡，有时候需要玩的小把戏，比如加一颗子弹。
前半段还好，比较搞笑；后半段逐渐离谱+失控。
成年人的生活就是这么现实和一地鸡毛，唉。有时候我们或许也需要，不得不需要子弹
保留了魔幻时刻的景观风格，迷影情怀和错位设置，但剔除了原作的戏剧结构（尤其后半段），叙事节奏和致敬立意。事实证明，剔除的部分才是一部佳作的核心，三谷幸喜笔锋尖锐构思巧妙，也需要在转换成影像后依靠镜头调度和视听设计才能发挥出剧本水平。魏翔的表演不可谓不努力，但少了分寸感和进入角色的切口，而结构、主题和节奏的接连断裂，只能让影片看起来像《一年一度喜剧大赛》的豪华剧场版。
笑死，还挺好看的，也很喜欢他们一个一个的捧没有名气的演员，让他们做主角，演的挺好的
魏翔三次舔刀那里全电影院都笑没气了。马丽这样丰腴的样子倒蛮适合这个扮相，太美了。
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