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.
并不觉得很尬，只要你跳出中国人的身份来审视这部普通的漫威超英喜剧，不要把他当做一个来自中国的超级英雄，这片只是在故事里用了东方人物，背景是东方奇幻元素而已，如果把东方人物全部替换掉，这个故事也成立的，尤其是之前看过奥卡菲娜，所以就觉得还挺好笑的。
穿过塔罗那个隧道还有骑白龙好有千与千寻既视感😂
其实挺好，弘扬了传统文化，至少现在外国小盆友也知道 “你妈打你爸” 和 “你爸吃咸盐” 了
质量正常的漫威电影；动作编排赏心悦目；没想到梁朝伟说英文的嗓音那么苍老，又或者是为了符合角色故意为之；王私下打擂赚外快，至尊法师知道么；这部是靠近魔法侧的故事，然而不是奇异博士客串；我还是不喜欢某队长，形象嗓音都和角色不符。
中规中矩，把一集20分钟的内容拉成了一部一个多小时的电影，还有大量没那么好听的歌曲。但是图一乐是够了的，陪伴了这么多年的ip，愿多走几年。
★☆☆☆☆ men，我很久没看过这么烂的电影了，消遣华人还宣传华人电影，哦，谢特！特效一般，剧情不入流，有点脑子的就奉劝您别看，我掏心掏肺说的这句话，因为我也没看完，看了一部分，不忍直视，太恶心了。
打斗不错，特效莫名其妙很五毛？但东方奇幻这个分类近年来已成烂片代名词，这部却区分于漫威惯常的科幻风，视觉效果做的还可以。
剧情挺简单的，进村以后的生活剧过于无聊，打架的场景都还不错，是有点功夫熊猫的意思，女一妥妥的花木兰真人版。配乐不错。男女二人组竟然是KTV党。普通话和英文转换没有必要啊。。。。。。。。跟同一个人一会中文一会英文好出戏，关键是普通话还说的不好。直接说英文不就好了，还得分神听说了什么中文。
非常典型的美剧风，真实、风趣，真的能带来很多快乐。这就是一家人的感觉，一地鸡毛的同时又能随时让人感受到真诚和温暖。
反派洗白不能说完全不合理，一个全新人物，谈辱华也毫无关系，争议给这部片子加了看点，场外比电影本身更有趣，该拍个纪录片。动作设计还是OK的，现代冷兵器对拼总觉得怪怪的
中规中矩，不会太惊艳，因为尚气的超能力就是武打，可能看太多武打片，觉得打斗没什么特别，笑料也没有银河护卫队和雷神3好。但也指不出哪里很差，就中规中矩。
可能是之前心理预期太低，整体还算不错的爆米花片，尤其是打斗和东方元素的呈现，能看出来剧组是想要讨好亚洲特别是中国观众。只不过那些什么黑暗生物，中英语言的切换，还有没法自圆其说的剧情bug，让它看上去又是多么地俗套和缺乏新意。只能说皮做得不错，但内核还是美式英雄的老一套，而且它让我想起之前迪士尼拍的《寻龙传说》，只不过前者是真的有做足了功课，后者则是把一些东南亚文化拼凑进美式故事版图里面，能看，但根本不是东方人想象中的东方故事。
我给两星不过分吧。主要是一个喜剧没有笑点。。。。为什么叫喜剧？Bob's burger我是扫过之前的动画片。所以抱着好奇心和无所事事去考文特花园看的
越来越讨厌这样天定而不讲逻辑的剧情
遗憾不能在大银幕上欣赏。
公交车打斗段落让我想起生死时速，摩托车追车段落像极了疾速追杀，古代冷兵器，现代跑车，地下格斗，凤凰，龙，太极，射箭，各种元素大杂烩乱炖，看得我直来气！
还蛮有趣的，有点圈粉去扒剧了，汉堡比基尼不错。
三星半吧！倒是不算太难看，但男主角确实没什么魅力可言，梁朝伟和奥卡菲娜把他的光环全部抢走了，就只给他留了一些动作场面，幸好他完成得还不错。片子同时也奉献了我觉得可以说是今年我看过的所有电影里最荒唐的一幕，杨紫琼摸着男主角的脸说：“you look like your mother.”这是瞎了吗？男主角到底哪像陈法拉了？
画面精致，色彩鲜明、是一部非常
漫威最近的这部东方文化奇幻风味爆米花电影最奇特之处或许就是国人与老美都得看字幕才能看明白。
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