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.
你们是认真的吗？游戏党表示非常失望，看了等于没看，游戏里名场面的扒飞机和拍卖会都拍得不如游戏那我还看啥？四部大融合还魔改导致人物性格和关系与原作基本没啥关系，男男女女个个是油王，解谜也如过家家，就不能好好按照游戏剧本来拍？游戏本身剧本已经很好了四部加DLC完全够这个IP吃个二十年如今一朝皆毁。最无法接受的是，在夜店里寻宝找遗迹，exduckingcuse me?
了金子省我所有人
7/10.
影片有非常努力地刺激观众兴奋点，可是我看不到精彩之处
不错，好久没看到这样的夺宝片了，推进很流畅，当然细节不用细想，硬伤还是有，道具设计也比较敷衍，但好在各种特效与动作设计到位，最后的高潮戏还打出了古代海战的感觉，赞！荷兰弟湿身N次，一个劲卖肉，但也包揽了精彩的动作戏，但演过超英有利有弊，有的名气和片约，但不管怎么看还是小蜘蛛在那里蹦蹦跳跳。马克未老先衰，打了最彻底的酱油，女主扮相不太好看，和荷兰弟的感情线也没展开。总体好评，推荐！
狐妖小红娘我的童年啊，超爱看，根本停不下来
只有后半个小时还算精彩，前面的铺垫太长太无聊了。
真的没想到在一部马克·沃尔伯格存在的电影中，还有比他更油腻的存在。
太无聊了，寻宝冒险片怎么能拍成这种无聊法，还不如看多一遍《七宝奇谋》吧
真的特别喜欢这个漫画，但是一想到杨，但是一想到杨幂要演，就真的好烦，就真的好烦，瞬间就想弃剧了
除了荷兰弟太嫩之外，找不到别的不足，德雷克的游戏配音有客串 就是沙滩上打招呼那位。经典游戏主题曲也有出现，游戏迷可以打8分了。开头有些拉胯，尤其是拍卖会部分太儿戏了，最后的飞船大战很爽。整体上还是推荐的
挺浪费我的爆米花的，这种类型商业片里的文戏一向都是随便应付的，但我没想到这部电影居然连打戏也这么敷衍，《古墓丽影》都比这个强，别怕第二部了浪费钱，还坏了荷兰弟口碑（虽然口碑早就无了）
星全给原作 话说原作就是电影叙事 全程下来的体验不是2个小时的电影能比拟的 电影本身只能是站在巨人的肩膀上没蹦多高
冒险寻宝片，没有罗曼斯，两场重头戏，飞机上的打斗戏和古船飞翔戏都很有新意，很有趣。
电影一般吧，很多地方拍得比较糙，不过当做一个探险主题的爆米花片看看还凑合。
窃宝，解谜，机关，计斗，怎么说，感觉都差了一口气，导致整体平庸，场景和动作设计，也就开头惊艳了一下，演员之间也没有火花。
冒险寻宝片，没有罗曼斯，两场重头戏，飞机上的打斗戏和古船飞翔戏都很有新意，很有趣。
比想象的好一些～劇情沒啥，就是讓我想起疫情前夏天在東南亞度假了
我超级喜欢看狐妖小红娘，第一部看的动漫就是这个
整体算是中规中矩的探险电影，反正也没期待解密有多么精妙，打斗和大场面好看点就行，说到打斗，本片的cg人和各种替身实在是有些明显，动作戏剪辑的不连贯也削弱了动作本身的观赏性。
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