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.
结尾处一声声给字母哥的MVP呼声中我真的被感动到了 自从那年垫脚欧文后 字母哥乃至整个雄鹿队的口碑都断崖式下滑——我不想给他找借口 这动作本来就是不对 不过我们也不能因此就否定了这个人传奇的一生
在青年俱乐部打打发个录像带就能参加NBA选秀 还15顺位？拍的不符合实际吧
《王者之路》展现励志者成功路上面临各种压力，生存，亲情，成长，希望，忠诚，机遇等等…是的，这是一部非常棒的电影，人只有自己足够努力，剩下就交给上帝了！
就是个套了层软科幻外衣的亲情片。对，我不说硬科幻，看下来觉得时间线的设定已经太过随心所欲 | 雷诺兹逃不脱话痨形象了，想念他那被封上嘴的死侍
五星的故事却被拍成这样，抬头一看迪士尼……
100年的寿命远远不够人类用来认识自我解决难题 所以永远有那么多不能重来的懊悔和遗憾 永远需要一个与长辈同龄 跟童年和解的机会 穿越时间可以是迷人而危险 也可以是浪漫又温情 而你这拍的是一坨浆糊
虽然垫脚哥的球风不是很喜欢，但是故事还是很励志。
这种传记片不该给迪士尼拍，拍得太理想化，太像童话了
死侍火爆之后Ryan Reynold演的角色或多或少都与死侍同质化，估计发了疯想进漫威电影宇宙，生怕大家把他忘了吧。
我喜欢的，这部电影都有
突然就进了NBA有点突兀，非法移民靠自己的逆袭，就看家庭篇的温情吧。父亲没看到儿子最辉煌的时刻有些泪目，永远以另一种方式关注
非常好。让我想起一本书《你当像鸟飞向你的山。》
比预期好太多，本来想着也就是中规中矩的合家欢科幻喜剧，但是没想到在这一基础上的亲情线，处理得非常令人惊喜。最后十分钟无论是父子线、母子线还是夫妻线都很动人。网飞春季重头推这样一部原创科幻还是有原因啊。
Diana died of gaslighting.
比漫威的流水线爆米花片好多了，比小蜘蛛和尼罗河好多了，在线的商业片，演员剧情台词特效都在线，行云流水不拖泥带水
1. 我爱Jennifer Garner 2. 小Adam比大Adam帅太太太多 3. 作为爆米花电影 磨磨唧唧的感情戏太多让人想骂人。Deadpool似乎毁了作为演员的Ryan Reynolds的一生。
所以为什么枪没有跟着子弹被吸进去？？？非得等着反派被射死
Why so serious? 一看就是Shawn Levy会拍出来的电影啊！小男孩挺灵的，虽然这样的电影发挥空间有限，但还是挺喜欢的。最后居然还挺感人。
创意源头是好的，有疗愈，有救赎，有想象力，少年版的小贱贱表现力也太好了吧。只是…后半段像是突然没了经费？变成一出闹剧？没有一个完整的世界观支撑，太可惜了未免。
和《芬奇》一样无聊，比演员重复漫威人设更可悲的，是向80年代借未来，当下的娱乐电影已经失去了想象未来的能力，它们只能把关于未来的梗放进电影里，并假装陈词滥调是一种致敬。
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