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.
可无聊了…然后觉得那位老奶奶和她孙女好无辜…
如果没有制药公司的科长和医生的联手，还会失去更多无辜的生命吧
吓得我别说加湿器杀菌剂，加湿器都不敢用了。
期待很久的电影，出资源的时候找了很久的中字版本，还是没有。只有找在线版本了。该片秉承了高丽国根据真实事件改编电影的一贯传统，看的多了，会觉得节奏依旧，套路依旧，但凭着影片最后结尾的那一段，就值得满分！韩国现实还是很黑暗，或许民众也会随着时间流逝遗忘掉很多不公平的事，但幸运的是还有电影在提醒他们。
理想化的设定太多有点脱离真实感，但总体还是可以. 他们蒙住了我们的嘴，但韩国至少还有电影.
前面太套路化了，正义被处处针对。后面的反转又太天降正义。
以一个添加剂做切入口，剧情又回到了韩国的政企勾结司法公正民不聊生等问题。最终，戏剧化的使用了无间道桥段暴露了真相，但政府各部门推诿不担当的风气依然无法解决。看来韩国除了要抓总统，各级政府官员改革的路还很长。
要不是我很喜欢音乐，我半小时就会退出这个电影。没办法共情……
之前还看到说加湿器要用纯净水 干脆别用加湿器了
如果天朝的毒奶粉案能够拍成电影，应该比空气杀人震撼100倍！
有点老套 甚至有点无聊 但是这个事件我记得影响真的很大 我妈立马把家里的加湿器扔了😂
卧底隐忍复仇的剧情太过老套，但是影片的立意很棒！
本来想打四分，但是转念一想，怎么也比猫电影版好
作为真实事件给3星吧……叙事单薄 过分煽情 适得其反
前三分之二看得太气了，以为要黑心企业再度销售害死更多人才能再翻案，没想到胖代表居然是个卧底，一个失去女儿的可怜父亲对着新闻昭示真相的哭泣这个反转，有些突兀但也着实感动。真的太可怕了，韩国敢拍就是比我们有勇气！金相庆怎么可以发福成这样扣星。
就凭敢于将真实事件改编成电影，揭露种种丑恶现象这一点，韩国电影便能称得上伟大二字。
整部片子拍得就很直给，哪怕设置了反转，看了之后也一点不惊讶。前期该有的感情建立草草带过，以至于受害人集体痛哭或呼喊，我也完全无法代入。唯一值得肯定的，它是基于真实事件改编。
“我们在这里，我们是证据。”民众诉讼资本巨鳄化工巨头的真实故事和《黑水》如出一辙，同《黑水》将视角放在集体诉讼的艰难与漫长不同，本质上是父亲复仇故事的《空气杀人》也充满了韩影近些年的左翼英雄特色。
根据真实事件改编，中规中矩，可以理解。毕竟某家大公司还活的好好的，说不定也在看
故事挺好，可惜拍的犹如流水账，清汤寡水……
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