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.
所谓的精准打击，牺牲少数保护多数，为了大局……都是放屁
超时空电话 黑色气球 以及反派有点菜 小男主天选之子 出彩在了最后的利落反鲨和面具上 面具居然可以分上下半分别拆卸 有点香
Kid helps kid，有点难以想象之前的几个孩子的遭遇，是有多么的无助和不甘，每个人都有想办法自救，都有尝试，有试错，却没有重复尝试的机会。还好最后的Finny继承了前面几个孩子惨痛的试错经验，得以stand up for himself in the last。
真就冷饭炒不停呗。
是枝裕和的每部电影中，“道德选择”是推动故事的重要动力，但是在《掮客》中，我却看不到选择，只是看到了比《小偷家族》还要童话的韩影故事，每一个主人公都神圣到了极点，将本来就无烟火气的故事变得更为虚假。
在战争的巨大阴影下，所有人都是受害者。多少无辜的百姓都悲惨地成为战争的殉葬者。
印象深刻的有善良的修女，吓坏的男孩，浪子回头的辅警，误杀平民的飞行员。
洗车场的戏，多棒啊，还有缆车的戏，对吧。静物也拍的准。
本来一直不太喜欢青少年题材恐怖片，但是这部意外地可以？！看之前就觉得剧情很有新意，男孩被绑架关在地下室，那些曾被绑架犯杀死的孩子们打电话帮他，成片里妹妹和几个孩子的性格也各有特点，最后练习挥拳那段好燃！要说最惊悚的不是幽灵现身，而是第一次地下室的门没关，绑架犯没穿衣服守株待兔……
末段奔跑的长镜头和喜极而泣的鲜明对比，劫后余生的情感就在那一瞬间拉满了
我俩一起在沙发上看这个片，看到炸弹出仓的镜头她直接转过头去，再也没看过来。她可是一只猫啊。
(看到能正常走路的Alex 有一点点不习惯kkkk)
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刚想说韩国电影节奏怎么这么慢了，好像菊次郎的夏，也想起是枝裕和的其他片子…果然。有点卡住在这种对罪恶的善意解读题材里了。故事行云流水地顺畅与妥当，缺少了新意。
最后那段伊娃妈妈的长镜头奔跑，演技不错，那种心情
四十度的大热天儿喝是枝裕和牌温水，和我们身边的“社会调剂”、“邵氏孤儿”像是直接把你扔冷柜里，哪个才是电影啊？
Great acting from both kids. Boy looks like Corey Feldman. Plus one star for innovation in the genre.
空袭前半段剪得像MV，然后变成了各种误炸。
“那一天就是今天。”
正义，是一张美丽的挂毯，我们只看得到呈现在眼前的主体，却难以察觉背后隐藏起来的丑陋的针脚。这部电影很好的把这种矛盾性刻画了出来。而且在整部电影前期做的铺垫，选取的人物的点也非常容易产生共鸣，以至在结尾时造成更大的冲击。
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