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.
3.5星 没期待的那么好看。开头的“这一切是真是假，是疯了还是的确是真实”还算蛮磨人的，感觉看完这部电影以后有许多精分要放弃治疗了。视觉体验上没什么新东西，通过粒子允许虚拟人进入现实的表现方法稍微有点不尽如人意。飞不起来的Neo还是让人笑了一下，就像只肥猫努力蹦跶了一下一样。
就跟尼奥的那个合伙人说的，时代变了市场不景气了，母公司华纳要决心制作续集了。
我不看。
2021，Neo为爱出发！（以及官方吐槽最为致命）
就算穿插原作还是记不得剧情 大部分电影对于我来说就是这样子…电视剧的话我肯定记得 = =…浑浑噩噩地看完了 下一个……不过很开心的是看到了很多超感的演员 BJS我老公
尼尔的史诗级长台词，台词功底太强了吧！
重启续作显然资方的意思，沃卓斯基入局也是无奈，反正与其看别人祸祸自己作品，不如就拿你钱放飞自我一下，借机还可以和老友们聚聚，大家一起过个肥年。我想对于影迷们来说，这部重启作最大的价值，就是提供了一个重温正统三部曲的理由。
看到片中反复出现曾经《黑客帝国》电影的影像，让我有种「影迷富豪斥巨资请来原班人马拍摄制作的粉丝大电影」之感，而基努·里维斯的长发造型则有种从《疾速追杀》穿越而来的感觉。台词：“…-这不能仅仅是一次重启、翻新、照搬。-为什么不行？重启也能卖得很好。…” → 可惜《黑客帝国：矩阵重启》口碑不理想，票房也不给力。
我不看这个，首先并非是它好不好看。
Analyst和Déjà vu so擅长gaslighting
时代变了，市场不景气了，我相信你能理解为什么我们心爱的母公司华纳兄弟，要决定制作三部曲的续集了吧，他们告诉我，不管有没有我们，他们都会做续集，如果我们不合作，他们会终止我们的合同。（导演值得一星，基努值得一星，其它没有值得一星的了）
“认定现实”内，疫情年代忙讨生活的人们，真的会想要去突破矩阵，寻找“元宇宙”那头的锡安和IO？摆明了架势怀旧自恋的重启矩阵，乘着疲乏的子弹时间，穿越到最后，也不过老调重弹地想要世人突破舒适区，去呼喊去争取“自由意志”。也可能习惯了“口罩矩阵”的国人，会对这样的重启麻木而无感吧。如若少花点时间去自解和自嘲前作，多花点精力去探讨舒适奶嘴和胶囊自由的利弊，才能更有点吸引力吧。
炒冷饭炒得这么烂，以至于我在电影院如坐针毡度秒如年，导演现在是啥审美啊，造型一言难尽……尼奥终于发出气功的那一瞬间，电影院回荡着我不可置信的笑声……
一星给官方吐槽；一星给不老NEO。PS.记得随手关门最重要
我很愿意相信老韩给我画的饼，
杰西卡亨利李的精彩个人秀，她是新生代的trinity
前面迷迷糊糊睡了近半个小时，感觉应该不影响剧情，后面吧就用爱发电，用爱升空啥的。反正我没有搞清楚几个大招到底是什么情况下触发的。基努里维斯真的是老了，不适合拍这种动作片了，闪回的那些以前的镜头多帅呀。
感觉从科幻片变成言情剧，但情怀还是值得加一星吧。
脑子里还是一遍又一遍的在滚那几个颇为疯狂画面
你是谁？从哪来？到哪去？时隔二十年的《黑客帝国4》以「影迷」熟悉又陌生的方式重启。电影里，带着「拯救」任务的下位者需要「领袖」尼奥来偶遇、怀疑和确认自己，而带着《爱的困惑》的尼奥则需要「镜像」崔妮蒂来帮他进入游戏。可惜，二者并非对立统一关系。与其同性给同性诊断，不如换个「异性」视角来看：贝托鲁奇拍《小活佛》时52岁，沃卓斯基「兄弟」姐妹重启《黑客帝国》时56/54岁，艺术家到了「知天命」年纪，为此，这部科幻作品里最接地气的部分反而是游戏开发者的「自我迷失」困局：现实/玩家与虚拟/角色重叠在了一起，瞬间进入「游戏」的玩家分不清现实与虚拟，渐渐淡出「游戏」的角色不知道「我」是谁，从哪来，又要到哪去。于是，深陷「自我」怀疑。最终，艺术家在枯燥的现实中找到了生命的意义，普通人在神奇的游戏中体验到了活着的乐趣。
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