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.
12月15点映场座无虚席。但“误杀2”照比“1”差了十万八千里，而且影片和误杀没有任何关系。总体框架还行，但具体情节完全经不起推敲，尤其女记者私闯器官捐献中心那场戏太过儿戏，bug无数。导演功力差到尹子维和李治廷还有女记者那演员演成那样都能收货也是够可以的！跨年贺岁片第一枪开的不怎么样。3分都多。2点几分吧
文咏珊我知道她很努力了，但是真的不太行，全程丧着脸没细节，女记者刚开始我还以为是个什么坏角色。。。
文咏珊便秘式演技，乍一看以为贝勒爷进军演艺圈了。陈雨锶自拍式演技，像时时刻刻端着准备被街拍的女主播。李治廷出镜的时候，全场人都笑了。没逻辑的烂剧本、毫无新意的剧情麻烦平平淡淡地拍，背景镜头烘托太多真的很露拙……烂
孔子曾说过：今女安，则为之。说的是，仁就是做自己安心的事。想不通那么人看了别人用心拍摄的电影为什么就是要非说不好，或许是希望负面反馈让人家提高技术吧，反正我觉得这是用心拍摄的电影，打五星不为过。
悬疑推理元素合格，从亲情和人性的角度来看，其实是一部很不错的剧情片。为人父母的人似乎更能理解肖央的角色和他为孩子奋不顾身、殊死一搏的决心。《误杀2》的背景话题底色依然是沉重的，阶级和医疗问题的痛点，弱势群体追求公平的艰辛，都让人在心酸中有所思考。无论如何，都还是要相信这个世界的微光，像萤火虫一样。
对这种振聋发聩似的想要让你哭的电影完全无感，但是肖央挺好的。
BUG很巨大啊，有合適心臟來源的時候，醫生說這顆心臟無論在身高還是體重上都很合適你的兒子，然後轉眼就用在了大人的身上，然後大人的心臟又給小孩。最後爸爸把心臟給兒子的時候也很强求，因爲醫生說他兒子問題在於現在心臟不是9嵗小孩大小，而是成人大小，然後，你就移植了個大人的？？另外設定在泰國，想讓P民共情的居心也太明顯了吧！！
该减的不减，不该加的乱加。原作故事很简单，基本全程靠华盛顿大叔的演技hold住，肖央也不差，但绝对比不了。还有这电视电影的画风是怎么回事？//尹子维怎么残成那样了
看完有点失望了
这剧情，太尴尬了吧。就靠慢节奏拖时长，剧情要是不够，没必要搞这么长啊，导演长点心吧
讲阶级，讲贫富差距，讲社会问题，左翼评论家们怎么看？好不好？悬不悬？浮不浮？
原来是在致敬特摄片，缺点就是没用处的角色太多，中段太啰嗦，看的略烦人
全面溃败的低级逼你哭哭片。即便有口碑保障的好莱坞原作基底，这样一味走煽情路线的俗气改编也是不可接受的，对被《误杀》前作吸引来的观众更堪称唐探式诈骗。就算不在导演技法上与柯汶利登月碰瓷，演员出身的戴导演显然也没学到陈监制的一丝丝狡黠，一众好演员几乎全用成了野蛮生长的木头，看得太糟心了。
为什么器官捐献处长的电脑没有密码？如果按照plan c来理解的话，我只能说……阿朗你写的剧本挺差的……
肖央绝对是被唱歌耽误的好演员。《误杀》是主角误杀了别人，《误杀2》是别人误杀了自己。但两部是完全不同的故事，与《误杀1》相同的都是对于父爱的展现，父亲作为家庭中的主要角色，担起了保护家人的责任。而2中的父亲，从暗中较量走到了明线对抗。矛盾冲突直接升级，情感浓度也更高，从父亲的角度他也仅仅只是想尽快保护儿子，一辈子兢兢业业却会被别人轻轻松松像只蚂蚁一样踩死，多么可悲！
剧本基础很好，每一场戏直指主题。但用商业片的标准去要求他，他距离合格可差太远了。故事节奏拖拖拉拉，时间线细碎又稀碎，揭示结局的煽情就算是旱地拔葱吧，既然铺垫到了，好好拍是差钱吗？近景中景来回切，演技不好的暴露无疑，演技好的肢体语言都被浪费了，看得好着急。
虽然是去年的小学生的幼稚动画电影（后排的幼儿园小朋友都看得中途退场），但是看完字幕发现皮娜的配音是mayu就又觉得赚到了耶！
主演们的演技太稳了，就是警察局长有点像高曙光（？）。肖央调动几个眼神几块面部肌肉就够抓人。整体故事也说得圆，小细节全有回扣，甚至悬疑比我以为的还多一些（谁让喷子打预防针说没啥悬疑的？！）。这套班子继续用还是继续灵光的，还能借这样的故事发出某些声音，已是可贵。
🤦🏻♀️真的好……糟糕啊，真就破罐子破摔了
以前会看港片，任达华现在的演技和那时判若两人。
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