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.
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恐怖短片4+1，清晰度和恐怖氛围看来在一定程度上是负相关的...这一部又回归了第一部的低画质走得复古风格，反而更有味道了，第三个人体机械改造怪人生猛重口最为出彩。
说实话。。。为什么有点boring。。点子也太没新意了吧！！！感觉像拉屎的时候一拍脑袋想出来的然后就拍成了电影。鼠人一看就知道那俩等下要进去被干掉，守灵那个一看就知道晚上要爬起来吃人。创意性上相比之前的真的大打折扣。
应该把守灵人的时间缩短点外加把最后的一群逗比删了这样至少观感上会舒服很多...
重口味爱好者的必看电影，比前三部略微逊色了点，只有第一个故事和第三个故事稍微有些看点
总体感觉还行。第三个拼接机器人的故事今年颇有盛名。
类似于伪纪录片式的讨巧视角，放大了恐怖的效果(就好比恐怖游戏切换从第三人称切为第一人称)
啊啊啊太喜欢了！尤其机改造肉体那一部分！特别可爱特别怪医芙兰！！！呜呜呜人机就是最可爱的😭😭😭
老鼠人和棺材人恐怖氛围还蛮到位💋
最喜欢the empty wake，氛围感太足了，好几次吓到尖叫，其次是机器女，场景和机械设计很狂暴，最后是老鼠人，不过还是有点没头没尾的，总体来说回到了前作的感觉！喜欢
伪纪录片&短片集双厨狂呕。拍的什么玩意儿。还是期待26种死法系列吧。
果然这个系列才是为纪录片的天花板啊，太爽了，大尺度恒飞，第三个故事机械改造人内个最好看，其他故事都一般，只是怪物的造型都不错
1下水道鼠人。2殡仪馆人尸变。3突袭研究人与机器结合的科学家4.缉毒小分队被邪教女队员利用录像带蛊惑后被杀害
第三个故事算是全系列最佳之一，前三个故事相当不错，最后一个扣分
影片整体和上一部相比提升巨大
什么啊乱七八糟的 感觉还不如3 第四个故事是真喜剧nm 拿吸血鬼的血当生化武器亏你们能想出来
鼠人、诈尸、吸血鬼…土爆了，像极了一部粗制滥造的60年代B级片，一点也不恐怖，只有机械人那段有点意思
邪教小电影合集？出了血腥也没啥了，san值完全不受影响
很久没有看过这么正儿八经的邪典片了，这种掐头去尾地讲了一段段没来由的故事，既过瘾又充满恶趣味。
血腥重口狂欢，连插播的广告都cult味十足，硫酸巨鼠，碎尸还魂，科学怪人，怪物猎人，邪教挖眼，每个故事都很有趣，尤其第三个故事改造的造型想象力爆棚，活跳尸的感觉
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