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.
对比日版原片，增加的几个笑点都很成功，好笑又不影响情节推动，但好笑却没什么内涵，而原片却不失内涵。目前看来，国产翻拍片的天花板仍是《误杀》。
1.虽然是翻拍加上致敬，整体观影体验还是不错的，但是可能有的梗过于专业，我看的那场有的点观众没有反应。
很好看，拍得好，演得也好。就是马丽颜值上稍微差了点意思，但演技没问题。很喜欢这部电影！
这种成功基础在于剧本的巧妙的翻拍片，最大的可悲之处就是从核心创意到执行层面都是别人的东西，你做成功了只能证明原创团队的国际化水准，跟你翻拍团队没啥太大关系。同理是《误杀》。不过如果创作者跟投资客只在乎票房，从这点来说，这种翻拍的做法以后会越来越多，唉。
本土化做的还是不错。煽情的部分也可以，但总体还是前半部分比较好看。
你麻花还是你麻花，有期望必失望。又是一部喜剧之王味很重的片，还带着舞台剧的表演方式，场景假到我仿佛看了场舞台剧录播。
美术差。
因为知道是演戏，所以就算夸张也合理，所以可以抛去合理性放声大笑，看的很愉快。
同样是演戏我觉得去年的人潮汹涌更出色一点，这部戏其实看完没太多感觉，就是有点假吧。
比预期要好一些，毕竟是改编作品，故事起承转合确实完整。笑点确实不少，但实在受不了舞台剧式的拍法。
意大利突突那里，一个子弹都没有伤人是不是太鬼扯了。这部电影看着别扭的问题就在于黑帮的真，非常不真，无论是艾伦的真杀手，或者是陈明昊的真老大，都太喜剧演员了。本来由真实世界与虚拟表演之间形成的对冲，就完全没力度了。马丽本来我也喜欢的，但，实在不适合这个昔日大美人的角色。两星全部给我从好多年前看麻花时就喜欢的魏翔，花絮那里哭着说是第一个男主角是全电影最动人之处。
一个并不适合马丽的伪女主，一个仿佛套拍《扬名立万》的布景地，若干对镖客、杀手三部曲及雨中曲的致敬，少许来自原作《魔幻时刻》的高质量笑点，以及各种为串梗剐蹭出的逻辑硬伤，我只能说，麻花为了捧魏翔也是蛮拼的！
很奇怪这样的电影创作思路，夹杂很多电影梗却拍的丝毫不像电影，魏翔的大男主电影还是值得敬佩的，甚至整个电影的笑料也是有的，但真的不太好沉浸。原因在于《喜剧之王》打的底子，《魔幻时刻》的骨骼，《教父》、《荒野大镖客2》补的相，整个一个缝合出来毫无自我形象的电影这就是最大的问题。加上戏剧和电影不明的界限，对于一部电影的评价来说真的不太合适。甚至最大的笑料可能是剧中导演自然光、摄影机消失、无表演的表演的艺术追求理论瞎扯之后一副卑躬屈膝的样子，让人忍俊不禁的同时又有些悲观。
戏里戏外，主角配角
还是三谷幸喜magic hour里的奶遥和深津绘里印象深刻啊
女演员为摆脱黑老大纠缠，找演员扮演杀手介绍给黑老大，同时骗演员说是拍戏。双重误会下搞笑连连，看得非常开心。
跟原版比是真的不好看，而且完全没有本土化。转折很生硬，但是还是能看的。
笑点不多，我先生记得最清楚的就是那句我不相信你会弹死我。
后半段煽情之后开始垮了，但在这个寒冷的春节档也算是可以一看的。
前面一般，有点“你不笑我就给你挠挠”，中后段很招笑。强烈的话剧感，这是开心麻花的本质。
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