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.
最后你都说累了还一枪干掉情人是几个意思啊？
这些年女杀手的影片真是层出不穷，一部极寒之城带出了各式各样的女杀手，于是就有了这个李美琪和一帮过气了的二线男性们整出的一部莫名其妙的电影。说实话，看着李美琪细胳膊细腿的样子，真没觉得她能一脚把一个欧美大汉踢出去，更别说拧断人家的脖子了，体重上的差别是终极差别，就像一只练了绝世武功的蚂蚁，无论如何也不可能给大象带来致命伤害的道理一样。再有就是电影里奇怪的人际关系，且把这种关系当成导演对于爱恨交加的一种诠释吧，只是男女主角可能也对这样的关系处理感到很无奈吧，演的愣愣瞌瞌的。不过也难怪了，全部的二流演员怎么能处理好带着硬伤的剧情呢，难为他们了。
这可不就是尼基塔吗，连尼基塔的男朋友都还叫做迈克尔，整部片根本就没有剧情，还浪费了迈克尔基顿和mother fucker 这么好的演员。也就李美琪和迈克尔基顿的对手戏有一点意思，而迈克尔基顿演这角色太老了。
尼基塔女主过去那么久依然没变样还是那么漂亮，只是这片子真的3星勉为其难...
这个电影很迷，杰克逊没死，非得和反派一起炸死，然而到电影结束，也没明白这反派到底干啥了，不就是假死了吗？女主更搞笑，最后以为她不想活了，结果把相好的打死了……蜜汁操作，智商有限，没明白导演意图。李美琪一点也没老呀，颜值依旧在线，但也掩盖不了电影的迷之走向。
老派的槍戰動作場面，連餐桌上床上的小小玩笑都很江湖。很不錯的觀看體驗，回憶裡那個小女孩的精神氣可真是好。
宛如上世纪九十年代的硬派动作片，暴力、粗俗，又不乏英雄主义与伤痕过往。当保守平权和超级英雄大肆其道，似乎人们早已不愿再去触碰源自西方世界先前的干涉原罪而导致的恐慌症候的虚构演绎——动作惊悚片恰恰是最通俗而震慑的精神洗礼。马丁·坎贝尔或许是如今世上最后几位用流行电影于严肃和浮夸间书写前一世代遗留问题的创作者之一，当然这或许暗示了这批优秀行活动作片导演的过时，但他们依然真正把握着动作场面与深度叙事间的精确分寸以及经典动作类型电影的技法腔调，并因此在当下意外重铸出了这一类型本已不再背负的超现实下的现实指涉。
好一般又无聊甚至难以看懂，最大的感受是李美琪真的也老了，至于其他，真的没意思，打着打着上床让我觉得是在致敬《史密斯夫妇》
麻吉打起来还是那么飒，可惜这个电影感情戏是离谱他妈给离谱开门
Cineplex. International Village. 没评价里写的那么难看但是真的有点长了....
女主好帅啊！可是！你们打架就打架怎么打架打一半还能上床啊？
其实讲了一个好故事，整合了其它杀手片的各种元素、《赤裸特工》以及《史密斯夫妇》的部分情节，反正杀手的故事基本上都是要耍酷的，所以基本观感还可以，毕竟这样的商业片只是娱乐一下的，难道局座不暴粗口不可以吗？在两个老爷爷的衬托下李美琪显得年轻了，在《赤裸特工》19年之后她虽然身材基本保持了良好的状态但也有了美人迟暮的感觉，岁月是把杀猪刀，她的脸真的好长啊！电影把越南说成了一个十分危险的地方，“你的骨头汤没有焯水……”，“Kill me or Fuck me!”，哈哈，很搞笑的台词～（BD 25G）
男主男配都超过70岁了，天！导演还是007的御用导演，这个阵容好奇怪的样子。故事打斗都还过得去，3星没大问题。
能把一个电影故事讲好，讲明白，讲的有深度，这是一个先后顺序，能完成第1个是最基本的。
假死专业户塞缪杰克逊在本片领了双份便当。马丁坎贝尔擅长拍这种突然一下让你绷紧神经的暴力场面（强推他的《黑暗边缘》），本片剧本太过套路，一路下来没啥特别惊喜的地方，打发时间可看的。
突出李美琪可以理解。前面是标准的商业动作片套路也整得不错。。。但是故事你要编圆点啊，走点心啊……后期那是什么玩意啊？
虽然看了预告剧情应该不咋滴，但还是想看MaggieQ的打戏
李美琪好漂亮，故事血腥、暴力、粗俗，但是人物太多复杂，削弱了原本的故事性，没看太懂。
对SAMUEL L.JACKSON审美疲劳了，最近老是看到他，总是一种类型
唯一亮点可能就是少数几场比较有力量感的打斗戏份。
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