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.
适合小学生看的温暖合家欢，这个狗子在欧美好像挺有名的，坐教培的时候，教国画的老师在教室里一整面墙画了大红狗和他的朋友们，巨可爱！
很温馨，虽然很政治正确，但是很适合我现在低落心情时候看
适合儿童看，我小时候应该会很喜欢，另外舅舅演戏用劲过猛
剧情虽然离谱但也挺可爱 只是最后那段美国梦演说什么鬼 尬到人直接快进到结束…
结合最近发生的一些事情，倒也是不觉得送来我国是什么很好的主意。。。
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不过推荐这部电影最重要的一点是——谁会对这么一个可爱的三米高大狗狗不动心呢？
低幼化的童话故事电影。所以才这么和谐，温馨。。。现实里，只会引起恐慌与麻烦。不管狗主人声明一万次“它不咬人”。。。
国产盗墓悬疑片，可能超不过寻龙诀了。这个电影演员阵容很强大，效果阵势也很大，但是故事本身是硬伤，演员也都太脸谱化，一眼看到底的那种。
实在是儿童电影，尽管狗狗特效很假，但还是好可爱
感觉情节说的太浅，剧情的精彩程度不够。而且预告片搞得跟盗墓笔记一样玄幻，结果却啥也没有……李现的演技也是很容易让人出戏……
凡是涉及到动物的电影，往往会有评分虚高的成分在里面（尤其是狗），连这部6.4的评分也包含在内。完全就是和《新小鬼当家》不相上下的制作水准，畅销书改编成这样不知道还能不能畅销了。千篇一律脸谱化的东西，也许小孩子就喜欢这个也说不定。派拉蒙也就破罐子破摔了。
這分明是一隻染紅的拉布拉多吧，哪個小朋友能拒絕修狗勾！！clifford真的好可愛又暖心，暖到可以忽略他奇怪的顏色，狗狗賽高
完全没有说服力的童话故事，彻彻底底的儿童向。所有人物都不立体，剧情扁平毫无新意，每一个情节都精准地踏在预设上索然无味。
“stand out and talk for someone you love”
就是很水很套路的那种故事。说实话给两星都嫌多一星半吧。
大红狗？！
寓教于乐、传播积极讯息的合家欢，剧情也离不开“搞得一团糟- 反派暗藏阴谋-流泪大成长的好结局”的三件套走向。最近的类比是年初的《猫和老鼠》，但两相比照之下，《猫》过于有认知度，不慎操作就“滤镜稀碎”；但这里却因为对原著和影视化前作都不熟悉，没有任何对比。只觉得大红狗的设计被处理得意外合适，没有因为「大」产生惊吓，也未有因为缺乏神韵捕捉从而脱离实际。小女主是《大小谎言》“Madeline”的女儿，意外看好她接下来的发展；白墙真的太适合演这种「怪舅舅」的角色了~
典型的好莱坞风格轻喜剧，最后好莱坞式结局，恶人败的家庭式喜剧，没什么太大的亮点。
非常低幼非常简单的故事，但却比那种王子公主的童话故事更好，异类也能拥有爱，也有他存在的意义，孩子们都应该看看这样的故事
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