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.
个人观感倒还不错的动画电影。不过看片过程中还是情不自禁地想：既然将人类的摔跤运动转换到怪兽身上，那某些场景
哈哈哈，就这个摔跤节目的非裔评论主持人已经是参考了美国NBA某著名非裔主持人为原型
出乎意料的难看，及格线以下的作品。故事线谈不上精彩，转折也很生硬，如同小学生的流水账作文！
没有想象中的好。以为是怪兽电力公司那种，但这个怪物明显丑很多
剧情挺简单的，需要鼓励自己的朋友和家人和勇气才能成功
开局还以为有什么惊天大瓜，神反转之类的……结果都没有，剧本平平无奇……而且，一个本来就没有接受过正规训练、且并不那么摔跤的小怪兽，就潦草训练了一段时间，就打败了顶尖选手，这也太牵强了吧。
前人的战绩不是用来毁灭的，而是用来努力和超越的目标。
结局结束得太突然，我以为怎么着他们的父亲会再次出现，就这么为剧情服务莫名其妙地失踪了？
辜负了影片营造的出色时代感 浪费了演员为片减重的职业精神
怪兽得制作精良，剧情儿童，又是圣母心女主。
我真的很喜欢怪兽元素，虽然确实是很俗很俗的剧情和很普通的动画。但是我看得津津有味。大概三星给电影本身，一星就怪物。
其实不用过于吹毛求疵，因为就派拉蒙对于动画的理解，这种程度已经是极限了。（不能用等同于皮克斯的眼光去看待，如果皮克斯拍出这东西，只能给一星）。
略长了一些，可以把一些闪回片段更好地安置。剪辑的锅
他爸呢？怪兽爸呢？火鸡为什么放他回来比赛？人物成长有弧度吗？最后变成怪兽斗舞了？PS怪物好丑
集体组织的，稍微比较俗套，但还是可以看的，成为自己想成为的。
……我为什么要看这么一部电影？情节低幼老套，逻辑混乱，主角也没啥成长性。画面精细程度甚至不像好莱坞作品。我真的觉得还不如国产的熊出没系列。
就。。。过于套路和直接，真的很像赶工出来的作品。
怎么说呢，
常规动画，各方面都平平。小怪兽还挺可爱的。
剧情比较老套，陪着孩子看没问题，主题积极，看开头就知道结尾的剧情设定，怪物形象还可以，开头五分钟的背景介绍是全片的亮点，给不了太高分
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