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.
电视剧水平的制作，很敷衍很口水，所以为什么让演员搞剧本……好消息是加入复联，彩蛋毒液直接舔屏小蜘蛛
彩蛋值得一颗星，说不定真就蜘蛛侠3奇异博士把毒液传过去了
跟上一部差距太大，简直就没剧情可言，为凑桥段强行拼接太拉跨了，彩蛋倒是很让人期待
制作得太过于粗糙了，本来反派有机会塑造成邦妮和克莱德，结果非常潦草就结束了，其他东西也是匆匆结尾，仿佛上到导演，下到摄影，全急着拍完下班回家。光记得搞基了。
低能儿的智力游戏。为啥没事要往高处爬？你是金刚么？安迪·瑟金斯还是猴子演多了。
男主毒液吵架短暂分崩离析
真不是黑,这片子烂到让人毒液般发狂!...一部片子进度条过半了,还没进主题.还在颓废英雄生活....
半径20米的红宝石水花！！！！不是吧蜘蛛侠3会有汤老师嘛！！！！
实在是太低幼了……毒埃家暴吵架卖腐戏码实在刻意得有点尴尬，毒液真的很烦。Mrs. Chen全场最佳。片长倒是够良心，97分钟还包括十几分钟片尾。
故事完全是废的，所有角色都是为了促进毒液两口子共同迈进和谐婚姻生活的工具人；虽然官方盖章的脆皮鸭文学看得我很开心，却也架不住在如此平庸的故事里磕糖，能给到三颗星只是再次证明了我对汤老师是真爱，以及都走到这一步了，与其暗戳戳不如直接把love story拍出来得了。
没有在电影院观影，加上影片本身也不精彩，使得《毒液2》于我个人的观感相较于《毒液1》大打折扣了不少。—— -毒液：谢谢你带我来到这儿。-埃迪：不客气，朋友。这里很漂亮吧？我很抱歉我们不能做像以前风吹头发那样的事，但是…-毒液：奥修说，当你爱某个人时，你会接受他的全部包括他的缺点。-埃迪：缺点。-毒液：没有人是完美的。-埃迪：倒回去一点，你告诉我…？你刚说你爱我。你说了。……
观众做错了什么，明明把评分刷的这么低了，你居然还要拍第三部……屠杀，一个蜘蛛侠+毒液+神奇四侠才干掉的反派，居然这么弱，这片简直就是浪费了汤姆哈迪的演技和姆爷的主题曲
胡子拉碴、不修边幅的微胖汤老师实在可口。
剧本烂得跟个屎一样
半径20米的红宝石水花！！！！不是吧蜘蛛侠3会有汤老师嘛！！！！
商业片的王中王。一点血腥镜头都没有，生造反派，几乎没什么剧情可言，纯粹是Eddie和Venom的令人无语的鸡毛蒜皮爱恨情仇，三岁小孩分级电影了属于是。。最后倒是磕到了一点，你妈的。彩蛋是他们穿越到了有蜘蛛侠的宇宙里？？我只能说牛逼。
希望Venom和小蜘蛛能成为好朋友，打一架没关系最后当合伙人就成。
将个烂就，汤老师多久没演西装暴徒了，什么时候安排一下？
我还是感觉从第一部开始，毒液电影的整个方向都是偏了的，不管是PG-13的分级还是缺乏野心的俗套故事都是如此。索尼在首部曲畏手畏脚倒也可以理解，但到了续集依然坚持走PG-13和那毫无亮点的烂俗剧情，疯狂卖弄人毒CP，个人来说欣赏不来。从彩蛋看第三部已经划入漫威宇宙之列，R级可能指望不上，至少剧本我相信不会再这么糟糕了。
剧情敷衍，打斗也敷衍。人与人卖腐就算了，人与怪物之间也要卖腐这真是.....导演适合演怪物，不适合拍怪物
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