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.
尊老敬老爱老的故事延展，适合小朋友看，童年回味一下。跳舞有点尴尬，开头重复了动画片。
都说大崽就像大耳朵图图，小时候的耳朵会煽动，突出的大耳朵确实有几分像了。
童年回忆 最后的葫芦娃邋遢大王黑猫警长主题句真是追忆童年哈哈！
怎么说呢，一直很喜欢看大耳朵图图，但是这个电影也太水了吧………整部电影是把早就播过的三个小故事通过霸王龙串联在一起 直接变成一部电影………………
#PYIFF2021#其实前半段三个男孩在街上骑着小摩托游荡是很有趣的，带到金边的城市环境，三个男孩既有点年轻人的自信又透着因穷困带来的没有底气，撩妹、跳舞、看日落。但后半段回到家庭内部，就明显和前面有所割裂，节奏变慢。全球化、拆迁、阶层剥削等多种问题轮番出现，男孩面对父亲的截肢无所适从。
不过动画片真的没有诚意，尤其和上部电影比起来。感情加两星吧，我真的很喜欢图图这部动画片啊😢
挺棒的，虽然有些琐碎，但是立意明确，表演的也可以，资料馆放映见到了贾樟柯导演，2022对我来说已然完成了一个有意义的事情
前面三个人莽撞又沉闷的劲头让我想到《风柜来的人》，可惜导演没让这条线发展起来。总的来说，如导演所说，确实是一部个人化十足的电影，但只展示了和大厦的联结被切断的阵痛，没有关注那种联结最初是如何生成的。父子关系塑造得有些生硬、理想化，也是有点缺乏情感上的预设。视听语言我还是挺喜欢的，许多静默的画面，身着西装的父亲，即将倾倒的大厦，这些给我印象很深
国庆期间只看了图图一部电影，影院很吵但是谁让图图那么可爱呢~🥰哦咪~哦咪~（小怪发音）
最后那几首bgm响起的时候眼泪都要掉下来了
童年回忆，但是好像剧情就是原来的剧情吧，要向前走就不能吃老本啊
前两天在英皇看了一部国庆档中两部比较期待的儿童电影之一《大耳朵图图》，很高兴映后还见了导演，这部电影有点第五，我的期待，与之前上映的《美食狂想曲》不一样，这部电影我觉得更多的是给那些之前没看过图图的小朋友拍的，电影里的很多情节都在动画中出现过，如果家里小孩没看过这个系列的电影和动画片，适合带着自己的孩子看，电影中有很多“回忆童年”的彩蛋，看过之前动画片的不是很推荐看这部电影，推荐去看《皮皮鲁与鲁西西之罐头小人》，罐头小人拍的也不错
海报上这哥仨一出场，乍一看还以为是柬埔寨版《雄狮少年》，三个街舞少年试图通过选秀成为最优秀的舞者，但又由于现实元素的介入，一哥们要去法国，一哥们把了个妹，而剩下一哥们也就是男主面临着自家在市中心的老破小低价拆迁且老爹脚趾生病的现实问题。与《雄狮少年》所不同的是，本片在面对惨淡的现实的同时并没有大肆渲染梦想的力量，而是采用了一种较为平淡且边缘的旁观视角诠释了这段属于导演个人的私人化记忆，同时也指出了一些诸如房价高看病贵等民生问题。老破小与现代化的摩天大楼在这个浴血重生的发展中国家交相辉映，满街都是机车和雷克萨斯，但浮华的表象也并不能掩盖民生凋敝的惨淡现实。不太认可片子把货币单位翻译成柬币，按照符号来看应该是美元，这更符合柬埔寨当地人们的消费习惯，也比较符合金边作为柬埔寨首都房价高企的基本国情。
嗯其实就是TV版加长一点。。。不过童年回忆，图图可爱
唉 不知道要怎么评分 前半截以为我在看动画片原片，但是抛开这点，立意和主题真的会点到我的死穴……毕竟这部动画片里我喜欢的最主要的点就是图图和牛爷爷啊😢
（后面看了微博有网友说剧情基本全看过[苦涩]，也有说至少占60分钟）
实在是太让我失望了，这个电影我还以为有什么后续的，没想到和原来动画片里的一样，这是在骗观众的钱吗
国庆期间只看了图图一部电影，影院很吵但是谁让图图那么可爱呢~🥰哦咪~哦咪~（小怪发音）
#PYFF 贫穷的男孩们只有在面对女孩时觉得自己能有所拿捏，只不过其实什么都不能掌控，好友远走，故乡坍塌，家人离散，昔日不再。
晚安。
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