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.
以后再也不会有这样的国产动画了。官方，不管是人间还是仙界，都混蛋。百姓可爱，但又愚昧。依靠反思的仙人和蛋解救世界的幻想。
中国版的哈利波特啊，或者说应该是英国版的天书奇谭……
如今看，它的叙事手法很不大一样，有别于好莱坞类型片，可惜这种叙事方式没有机会发展出属于中国的特色，那个时代就灰飞烟灭了。
云梦山上白云洞，洞中石壁，刻有天书，袁公将其传与蛋生，造福百姓，吃了仙丹的三条狐狸，招摇撞骗，偷了天书，从百姓一路骗到县令、府尹、小皇帝，蛋生与狐母斗法，不分上下，终得袁公出手，改编自平妖传，钱运达所言奇趣美，不能反驳。
蛋生~~蛋生~~~~某天熊说马诺很像里面的老狐狸精。。。。。
社会议题、本格推理、青春热血，要啥有啥，原来蜡笔小新剧场版这么厉害
天书奇谭最有趣一点：那聚宝盆可以凭空出爸爸，却不可以凭空出财富？财富都是从四乡八镇老百姓家搜刮来的。这一设定，就把叙事视角从单纯的道德警示（贪婪无度）延展到了社会经济意识形态（财富分配）……
第一次看是2014年，如今大银幕重看居然完全新鲜。美术很棒，片后纪录片也好看，立项时居然是和BBC合作的。等了多少年等不到的续集，估计此生也不会再有。也很好，封存吧。
小（老）陈一本正经拷给我的。原来俺小时候的记忆是管用的。
上影厂在那个年代出了很多经典，技术是40年以前的，内核却是永恒的。“老虎吃人才好玩儿”细思极恐。结局有点懵。
珍奇的天书被锁在天庭石门之内，分明“天道无私，流传后世”，却被高束庋藏，不欲人知。
很不错的一个故事~ 人物设计很有个性、特色
不觉间泪流满面。从小被要求当个听话的小孩，小心翼翼地做事，时刻洞察气氛，斟酌话语，每每被夸善解人意讲礼貌时也会露出规范的笑容，像工业成品一样盖上合格的标签推向社会后，才后知后觉地感到别扭和恶心，不该是这样的。我不想推卸责任，但如果小时候想看动感超人就能看，敢于及时表达的自己心意，不会有那么多的遗憾，回望自己的青春，也不会只觉得空洞没有实感。希望这样的作品更多一些，让孩子也好大人也好能够看到，在来得及之前。
之前在电视上看时感觉一般，但今年在大银幕上看感觉特别好。讲故事的手法现在看有年代感了，但是故事的内涵、美术的表现，意味深长，气韵十足，既有民族感又有现代感，这样的电影，在中国当下仍然很难得。11月6日于影院。
2021－11－6重映:随处可见中国古典艺术的影子:山水画，佛像，古建筑等等，古色古香，灵动飘逸的天书奇谭向世人述说中国动画曾经的黄金时代的无上荣光，把编剧放在第一位，足见对编剧的敬重。袁公就是中国的普罗米修斯，反抗天庭的知识垄断，将知识的火种带到人间，应该是中国动画里最具互联网精神的角色了。但很多时候都是在炫技，剧情稍显僵硬，有点无聊。
风间只是想和春日部防卫队一起变成精英，人啊走着走着就散了，谁还记得幼稚园的朋友啊（emm，我竟然没上过幼稚园）
刚看的。天书中性论，既能用作好事也能用作坏事，袁公秉承现代普罗米修斯观，认为还是要传给人类，但这也可能是玛丽·雪莱的弗兰肯斯坦式结局，蛋生过于天真的禀赋使他无法独自克服三位狐狸精的诡计和暴力，而袁公在被抓上天庭后，将不再存在机械降神，也就是说，蛋生将面临存在主义之后的荒诞处境，等待戈多不再归来，而他心头词典里的天书将如何传给后人却不遭恶用，这将是永远无法解决的难题。当然，如果我小时候看的话就不会说这堆东西了~
上海美术电影制片厂在上个世纪制作了大量基于传统文化的美术片电影，陪伴了几代人成长。其中巅峰之作有1961年的《大闹天宫》、1979年的《哪吒闹海》、以及这部1983年的《天书奇谭》。
形象确实很经典，但是大概只有我一个人觉得人设略诡异，配音略雷人吧…苍白的面颊，漆黑的瞳孔，僵尸一样的府尹大人和俩莫名其妙的和尚，以及蛋生一发笑我就起鸡皮疙瘩的感觉，实在不是特别美妙…虽然是好动画，但是我依然觉得囧…
我怎么那么那么喜欢这部 我觉得画的真是太好咧
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