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.
2022.3.11上海面临发生疫情以来最为严峻的考验，无意间点开看了这部电影，是巧合吗？剧中的人物和故事都很真实，特别是老年情侣和武哥叶老师的两个故事。经历了生死离别，才要更勇敢地去活出生命！
本来是个勉强两星的烂片，但是在疫情当下排队做核酸的时候看，唉。突然难受，人类什么时候能战胜疫情啊。最后刻意煽情，按武哥的个性在叶老师一直没回复消息的时候就会坐立不安才到是不是发病了，直接切过去了，有点假。 而且贾玲胖到了我都觉得她会有脂肪肝的程度，怎么看怎么不适应。
主题➕1，冲着玲姐龙哥cp来的，他俩莫名的配噢
真救命了…原地被尬死…没煽到位的情和没搞到位的笑…我还以为是个纪录片类型的电影 🆘 看到1/3就已经想走了🚬
小人物的真情实感才最打动人心，愿疫情早日过去！
故事煽情有点刻意，所以有几个人物我看到开头就猜到了结尾。不知道是不是近些年成功的电影很多都像小品一样，中间部分情节很假，然后结尾煽情一波，导致很多导演制片直接就按照这个标准进行拍摄和剪辑制作了。
感觉得到原始剧本是想写好故事线的穿插交汇那种叙事型，可惜收尾还是差了好大口气。除了部分穿插的写实场景还算可圈可点，其他的小片段也就两位老演员和中年夫妇的两条线因为演员的内核表现力，算张弛有度又有故事性。难得让我觉得黄渤得向前辈多看齐。
群像弱了点，努力的想讲好每个故事，但又都差了那么点
很中规中矩，抗疫题材中有些创意的，但是拍的太生硬了，没有现实生活感，整体也没什么特点。
群像片，整体还行吧。但是抗疫这个话题在群像下显得苍白了。因此看得人想睡觉。
没想到会这么难看，某些情节简直是对两年疫情的不尊重。
算是主旋律吧……演员阵容强大啊！有泪点，有笑点，虽然剧情都能猜到下一步，但是周冬雨扮演的那个小护士去世时还是落泪了。希望疫情早日结束🔚大家加油💪等到疫情彻底消灭时，我要好好的拥抱这个世界。
在那个冬天，我们一起共度难关，现在才可以拥抱身边的人。
为了我和女朋友的几滴眼泪，勉强打3星吧。可能是想过于突出新冠，导致背景配乐和故事情节典型的用力过猛，其实平平淡淡才是真，恰如我最喜欢的一个故事一声谢老和厨师沛爷，更让我感动。
连行活儿的标准都没达到，影帝影后演起戏来都显得很轻浮，本应是含着深情的台词被随意念起。没有生活体验，没有细心钻研，只能利用夸张的方式掩盖自己无法共情的真相。更像一群人完成了一个任务，至于好坏并不重要。
纪录片不像纪录片 电影不像电影，看的很乏味。
正如某条评论所说的，演员全员工具人。而且剧情冗长拖沓得要命，我不明白有些故事搞得那么长是为了什么？导演自己把自己感动得不行了吧？可是我只想睡觉。
疫情三年了还在继续，被封城期看这个，还是觉得苍白。
去年跨年时和女友在电影院观看的主旋律影片（两人第一次一起跨年加看电影），但即使旁边佳人相伴，我仍然感到如坐针毡——本片讲述了武汉疫情封城时期众多平凡家庭的故事，但整部电影充斥着各种各样过于伟光正的人物形象（也就深陷爱情幻想的贾玲稍显正常），然后又或多或少将他们尴尬地强制串联起来，再注入过度的强行煽情与自我感动，形成了这部令人无语的作品。
疫情无情人有情，医护工作者和志愿者们真的很伟大。徐帆老师演的那对中年夫妻情感宣泄很真实；武哥和叶老师的双向暗恋好甜温情脉脉；谢医生和粤菜馆老板的黄昏恋的情感很真挚；勇哥是个善良温柔的人，勇哥妻子嘴硬心软默默支持勇哥做志愿者的决定。导演拍摄的很细腻，疫情虽然无情，但是人间自有真情无限。电影很温暖，有笑有泪。
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