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.
视听美学的极致&文本空洞的极致，让人不敢相信这片居然有原著，最后30分钟拖沓的过分了。
虽然是科幻题材，但让人入情入境；甜茶的那种好看，是妈妈看自己儿子的那种好看吗？
为什么赛博朋克叙事经久不衰而传统太空歌剧没落了呢？我想大概是因为至少在今天看来，前者依然构成对晚期资本主义的准确预言，紧扣当下甚至面向未来，而后者则仅是在太空奇观外表下的古典故事。
原著党很满意，世界观的建立、影像化处理和视听表现都很出色。整体并不感觉慢，反而觉得这是维导叙事节奏最快的一次（应该是考虑到原著篇幅），随之也牺牲了部分情节和主要配角的戏份（比如岳医生和门泰特）。Part 1仅仅是一个开始，更期待第二部在小说后半部分故事的推进中对政治宗教人性更深入的刻画和升华。
两个半小时才搞个前篇，节奏太太太慢了…慢镜头闪回太多次没必要，预见未来的次数太多就像神棍了。BDO爱好者比较满足，但剧情并不是特别精彩，后续男主会跟他妈和未出世的娃反目成仇吗？视听效果还不错，好想要一个百科全书立体投影仪啊。
感谢维导带我逃离公元2021并参观行会历10191的Arrakis两个半小时。
两个半小时的电影讲了个寂寞，导演极具风格化的叙事方式反而成了累赘，再配上莫名诡异的BGM，看得让人昏昏欲睡。没读过原著，可能原著就是这样？就这还只是个序章，连故事都没推进，但很难让人期待下一部，就这样吧
牛蛙yyds，但是我太讨厌赞达亚了。甜茶天选之人，但是我太讨厌赞达亚了。汉斯季默不愧是你，但是我太讨厌赞达亚了。原著确实略显过时，不过算了内容不重要，这就是光与影的美学，有电影真是太好了。但是我太讨厌赞达亚了，无法五星。
8.3.氛围感真的太好了。一直未读原著，只是憧憬于那些呈现于各电影和游戏中出现的经典原素，而本片极大地满足了我对于《沙丘》的想象。首先在视听的呈现是完全史诗质感的，维伦纽瓦塑造了一个磅礴的沙漠异世界，同样渲染《降临》以来多维度的造型符号元素，似有星际争霸的借鉴，也有《2049》的废土式沙漠场景，恢弘的闷鼓配乐一直环绕，越往后越入佳境，而这些都仅是在塑造整个磅礴文本的故事序幕而已。当然，很明显在叙事上是拖沓的，或者说节奏慢，连动作戏也慢，而且强拉政变权谋什么的其实也没啥新意，但科幻氛围感极佳，还是配乐塑造的气氛太棒了。场景背景环境因为太像现实世界伊斯兰文明而形成互文对照（挖香料就是挖石油，连皇帝都叫沙大目），很难让人不联想。近半年都没看过如此恢弘磅礴的科幻大作了，观感甚佳。如果当年乔治卢卡斯拍沙
我想看这部电影 2021-10-27
另，我对甜茶真的喜欢不起来。海王、张震以及突如其来的中文、毁灭者的加入真的让我惊喜。
期望不高，反倒是近期体验最好的一部电影。设定是沙漠版权力的游戏，美术是降临版中土，剧情是狮子王。配乐太吵。
离家，面临危机，力量觉醒，这成为后世许多科幻电影的叙事框架。甜茶+张震的组合很惊喜，汉斯·季默依旧宝刀不老，年度神作预定。
巨大沉默物体太震撼，服化道足以让人信服宇宙中有一个帝国存在。缺点是整体剧情虽然简单清楚，但是细节许多语焉不详，没看过原著的旁友一脸疑惑
W/ Rob. 景观式的电影体验可还是真香
那塞子状奖杯一出来我就感觉到了它的用途（不
如何把對於電影的劇情引導向轉為一種情景引導向其實很難，各種聲音色彩和畫面的表達都是無可挑剔的，而電影的發展其實就是从各個維度的不斷超越和進化。儘管看完會發現好像沒有得到很多劇情信息，但是卻絲毫不覺得枯燥，已經鋪墊了足夠宏達的背景，有理由相信part two會有更加精彩的後續表現。
男主正脸好憨，只有某个角度可取，神经叨叨的宗教元素，不明白故事想说什么，故事想把剧情营造得很神秘就一直做春梦，很无聊，看了解说才能知道故事内容，可能需要看IMAX才好看吧，但我不想看第二次了，看讨论区沙丘小屁孩喷人打1分吧
您全家都是史诗（论真命天子改朝换代，我大清不比这精彩？
三星半吧，美术、摄影、配乐以及音效都做了各自力所能及的，但以我对维伦纽瓦的期待和标准，我是略感失望的。维伦纽瓦大可以做得更紧绷更有酷劲儿，又或者干脆就像泰伦斯·马力克一样彻底滑向诗意和意识流——不得不说那么多慢镜、旁白、大远景，马力克的味儿太冲了——但我只看到维伦纽瓦被巨大的投资和繁靡的文本捆住了手脚，不上不下得抛出一卷脱俗但又没那么脱俗的好莱坞A级“史诗”。维伦纽瓦之前常被诟病强视听、弱文本，可实际上这是我头一次真的感到他被文本给拖住了。
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