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.
偶尔还挺搞笑的，故意拍一部烂片就是这副模样。★★☆/5.3
（虽然故事很不知所云，但是画面还挺漂亮的。虽然大家都黑刘浩存，但我觉得挺好看的呀。）
大过年的，来个喜庆点的结尾呗。把自己家的老人交待给其他不太熟的人，没个真系亲属跟着，不可能吧。打不开酒店门在门口睡一晚上？这两是傻子吗？
柯受良飞越黄河这件事估计韩寒挺羡慕的，自己当然没那个实力，于是在电影中让吴仁耀飞了一次珠江，用的还只是摩托车，故事没劲就不说了，台词是什么鬼，根本聊不到一块儿，有一点儿真情实感吗，有一句说得好，做好了就会像没做一样，拍了一部电影，等于没拍。
我能get到这种稍微有点过时的“怀旧”风格，也喜欢里面的摩托，海景，飞跃珠江演唱会，还有那条长长的廊桥，如果没有最后那场车祸，让欢颂看到头盔上的竹蜻蜓，让她知道那是阿耀不是别人，剧情停在这就可以了。也许韩寒是想把主人公的孤独贯彻到底吧，所以用了郭敬明的方式创造这一切又毁掉一切，“致敬小时代4的大火
勉强三星。嬉皮笑脸，掩盖不了故事的枯燥，人物的单薄。
韩寒缺乏故事结构的把控能力，无论是小说还是电影都有这个问题。少年才子没有系统训练和钻研也终究成不了大家。都年到中年了依旧停留在自己的少年舒适区。一颗星给昊然弟弟。
有些抖机灵还蛮好笑
开头没那么差，有幽默有生活，后面怎么就拉胯了呢，结局太过狗血。
这片子前半部分还是挺好的，也挺欢乐的，但到了欢歌淹死之后整部片子就像彻底变了个风格，观感直线下降。讲出了人生的各种不如意还有人生的现实，一次又一次的送刀子让我看完这部电影都有点抑郁了。说实话大过年的时候确实不适合看这种电影……
感觉韩寒的每一部电影都在讲同一个内核，理想的幻灭，人生的徒劳。我喜欢这种悲剧底色，我也知道它有很多不足，但比起圆滑的成熟，我更喜欢蹩脚的真挚。
拜托韩老师你啥也别拍了。
最近看到有人说这是韩寒最直面真实的一部电影，我不觉得是。也不觉得是一部好电影。剧情也许是触碰到了一些真实，只有一点真实而已。更多的是魔幻色彩，一点魔幻现实主义色彩。游泳被船撞，修广州塔，开车跨城收钱的高利贷，跨城聊天的警察，飞跃珠江表演？仔细想想故事走向整个就一梦游模式，撒癔症。即使有沈腾，有修塔哥这种烂梗和玩笑，这也算不得是喜剧电影，更不适合春节档期。
从《立春》里的王彩玲，到《小武》，再到《四海》。他们的悲伤好像就从没改变过。他们活得真实又热烈，但生活最终告诉他们的是：你终究会被推着长大，把理想掩埋在乱哄哄的街巷，把青春丢在摩托车身后大片霓虹，然后平静的活着，吃饭，睡觉，和城市里的其他人一样，等待夏天再次来到那片海。
突然能理解大年初一看这片会觉得晦气了！😂😅
不过“含早”那句话真的是尴尬，不知道初高中生会不会喜欢。
狗血。一大狗血，跳海被货轮辗压。二大狗血，结尾女主角撞车掉海里。
挺好的啊，怎么黑的这么惨，还是不该新年档的原因吗
节奏凌乱，叙事生硬，笑点尴尬，毫无电影语言的真人版雄狮少年。韩寒这么大年纪了，曾经也算是个有良知的知识分子，依然热衷于玩车耍酷赚钱，为什么不做点有意义的事情？
啊这个剧本零散成这个样子，我都无法控制我的不忍心不去责备了。韩寒这是践行了男人至死是少年的格言，电影写成了新概念未入选作文的水平——语句优美，辞藻华丽，词不达意——你看，我认识的字你不会组合。
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