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.
万万没想到最后整出个糖果侠，不是恐怖片么....
男主的皮肤到最后太恶心了，老子还正在吃饭，妈的……也不知道自己记的对不对，好像这个导演的片子/世界里只有黑人和白人，黄种人几乎不存在。这也是一种现实吧。
看90年代第一版是我上初中在我们那儿地方电视台看的，然后就学会对着镜子念candy man了，第二天就放了续集，因为是大中午放的，要上学没看成，第三部也是这样错过了。92年初版就不恐怖，我当时看的时候还故意对着镜子学。隔了20多年看新版的就完全是个独立的不同的电影，更强调其政治意义了吧，都黑色幽默感讽刺味十足了。除去这部分，从电影美学上讲这部电影挺优秀的，剧本的对candy man重新编排“与时俱进”，摄影光影非常艺术，尤其艺术馆屠杀那幕两种颜色同框形成强烈反差，男主镜子电梯的无限人影等拍摄效果很高级。我突然想到say my name其实还是destiny’s child的一首有名单曲，我现在还会唱，因为我有磁带啊。destiny’s child就是beyoncé出道四人黑人女子r&b组合。
几乎是对种族不公声泪俱下的控诉，美术和配乐令人印象深刻。片尾字幕结束后还贴出网址引导观众“获取关于种族公义与平等的更多信息”。关注美国政治越久，越难看到种族问题的出路，也不知这种把身份议题作为全部核心的电影成为好莱坞黑人导演的主流，对种族和解到底是好事还是坏事？
对于这种夹带大量政治私货来污染恐怖片的行为表示基本不欣赏。观众都不是傻子。
三星半，说说看法：
作为恐怖片，它是失败的，不管从什么角度来看，都不合格。但是作为一部可以过分解读的种族政治片来说，它可能是成功的。对于自己来说，没有观看1992年那部糖果人，在没有故事基础的情况下观看本片，效果是极差的，也奈何如此没有过度解读隐喻元素的能力。所以，总的来说就是，等了很久的片，满怀期待，结果大失所望，低分也在所难免。
现在为了一个zzzq把这么古早的传说都挖出来了？也是蛮拼的……
Zz隐喻太浓，又名可以叫《黑人起义》了。最后的动画，每一个candyman都是由不公平衍生而来，杀的第一个人都是plc，让人毛骨悚然。
打一遍911,就有一群白人来杀人。
【19】黑人这个点是把近两年恐怖片热点玩明白了 个人很喜欢艺术表现恐怖元素的形式 蛮精致紧凑的 血浆漂亮
音效、镜头取的漂亮，或许是芝加哥也真的好；给三星。&啊哈哈原来热衷于都市传说的小团体聚会都是一样啊哈哈哈有被内涵到lol.
你可以用电影骗我听你说你想说的，我也可以用评分喊我他妈的不想听。
女主喊糖果人那五声演技爆棚啊！芝加哥真漂亮！and因为对黑人脸盲结果最后没看懂，去看了谷阿莫才看懂 #racist
《糖果人》目前最后一部还算比较期待的电影终于看了，结果…整体看下来观感不是很好！预告骗啊！真的…这并不是我想看到的恐怖片的样子！影片的噱头还不错，对着镜子说五遍“糖果人”…糖果人就会来杀了你！感觉还是可以的…结果正片就真的让我挺失望的！影片除了一些糖果人杀人的镜头还算说的过去之外…其他的戏份实在是…唉！难道现在美国只要是黑人电影，就要和种族主义、政治正确联系到一起吗？好吧…糖果人果然不杀黑人啊！总之，整个剧情看下来挺迷的！虽然我没有看过老版…但是这种剧情看下来，真的不是我要的感觉，我只能说，这个片子不太适合我啊！就不推荐了！（这个片子是要告诉我…糖果人要找继承人吗？好吧）
乔丹皮尔剧作的最大特点也是影片评论家所说的“太过直白激进”，从《逃出绝命镇》的新奇刺激到《我们》的还行，最后到这部彻底乏味，部分害怕氛围营造还行，但是全片的政治正确，种族主义，black lives matter的论调真是让人反感。
这踏马是个啥作为恐怖片是彻头彻尾的失败。黑人似乎又找到一种发声的渠道了，在小成本恐怖片里发声，成本低传播广流传久，恭喜啊，可是急功急利拍的不好看，最后就感动自己。话说回来，黑人们自己会看吗，不一定。
热评竟然还有给黑命贵洗地的。一个罪犯能被白左粉饰成受害者，这功力直追他们的东方师傅。
视觉重口味Urban legend，没头没尾的种族正义战士的故事令人乏味，但是如果他是种族战士，为什么又不分黑白除了女主之外全场通杀呢？？
内涵种族问题，导演能力不够，只能借助恐怖片背景，凑足一堆zzzq元素，外加血浆当调料，但乱炖出来的东西，更烂
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