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.
已经完全没了第一部那种新颖的感觉，主旨偏离主题，就是无脑R级片了
真没必要这个样子，延续第一部不行吗？问号脸看完2
没有第一部精彩，但几个杀戮镜头也还可以。12.19
拍的很精彩，但是和隔壁的黑人姐妹（国王理查德）一样，成功就只能靠天赋吗？
看了看导演的几个作品，都和福音电影有关系，但这部电影拍的不咸不淡，没有福音的话是一部不错的电影，如果要拍福音的话，拍的不突出，反而弱了一些。
这一部基本上和你呼不呼吸也没什么关系了所以也不用屏住呼吸了
第一部是来偷钱，第二部是来抢人，老兵实惨！
飞机上面看的…拍得工整但感人啊…人物塑造都挺精准的
不要杀约翰维克的狗，不要惹连姆尼森的女儿，不要杀杰森斯坦森的儿子，现在动作片定律又多了一条：不要闯退伍瞎眼老兵的房子。第二部彻底沦为了普通的复仇动作片，剧情简单到一句话就能概括，也没有了第一部心提到嗓子眼的紧张氛围，不过节奏很快，一些小bug可以忽略不计，比如小孩的心脏移植给大人好像不能存活吧。
公羊又刚夺超级碗 很应景
综合：5.8
就如片名一样，美国人多么热爱体育。大扎老是锁紧眉头什么鬼。
第一部印象深刻的关键是密室封闭紧张的氛围和“盲”这个元素在黑暗中的最大化运用，这部沦为模式化（烂大街爆款）的逃杀复仇片。
老头靠着水波纹开那三枪设计得很精彩，看彩蛋没死就好。
结尾烟雾弹红色绝杀戏，
整个儿变成动作片了。没有了屏住呼吸那种紧张感。老父亲真的太辛苦。
可以可以 下狗逆袭 剧本一样的人生 绿包喜提背景
6.3 连着看真感觉同质化严重，并且还倒退了，离开了陌生封闭空间后，惊悚感大打折扣
2021年了，面对疫情，美国ZF的麻木与不作为，美国民众的 懦弱 愚昧 ，药企的无良欺骗，让美国所有的励志片都成了笑话，零分
这种电影看的就是屏住呼吸的爽和爆裂血腥，就不要在意什么合不合乎常情。两个房子的小格局比第一部拓宽了，却依旧紧凑的步步紧逼，最后小姑娘拿刀把她妈胳膊锯掉又把她爸捅死，看的真的鸡皮疙瘩都起来了。
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