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.
还是那股熟悉的韩寒味儿，中规中矩的韩寒式电影，韩寒书迷看看还行。教主不油腻了，海王翻车了，冯sir终于客串出精髓了，沈腾差点味道了。昊然弟弟还是抗不起男主大旗，如果再请彭于晏和邓超组父子CP的话没准能行，女主就算了，面瘫一个，内心戏从观众角度看来深不见底，甚至我一度怀疑她背着男主劈腿了，结果这个结局也太生草了，还不如劈腿~
终于看了韩寒这部评分很低的作品，其实还不错，有点像是《红气球》的魂以及《无因的反叛》的心，这一部算是韩寒几部电影里最具有电影感的电影了，拍的很散文，所以很多观众接受不了
大脑短路的产物，把刘昊然一通折腾还拍得又丑又傻，这是犯罪你知道吗。
韩寒拍什么都是玩车做主题，爱情一般般，谋女郎痕迹太明显。就是广州题材加了一星。在广州街头到处抓景也是扯，前半段比后面好，到了广州后的剧情越来越平淡
这么阴间的剧情选择清明节或者中元节上映会更加合适，选择春节上映不太吉利，毕竟是个晦气的故事。
剧情推荐有点别扭
（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。）
其实删掉一些尴尬的冷笑话和一些表达欲过剩的片段，拍一个纯粹的底层爱情片的话，不会这么差。这片子最大的意义就是教育大家，千万不要跟借网贷的人交朋友
车、女孩、情怀，韩寒只有这些东西了。一场新概念成就了韩寒们，他们又踏上了互联网第一波浪潮。潮起潮落，韩寒们是我们那个时代的，那时代过去了。
因为人对抗不了巨型Matrix。
理智地讲这个片子7分合理，5星平衡一下。欢颂怕水，阿耀怕火，最后阿耀被火包围，欢颂葬身江中。真的太悲伤了，我现在满脑子都是没进去的那个酒店房间，和欢颂理想的房间一模一样。
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。
前半个小时看着还能乐呵乐呵，再往后就越来越没意思了。
周欢歌死之后，整个剧情就崩坏了。
这部电影有意义，但是不算太多，这就像是韩寒给机车的一封情书
不是因为不喜欢lhc给低分，而是这个电影是真的不太行。韩寒直男癌太严重了吧，拍的电影太不连贯了，是真的老了？没才华了？
刻意的悲剧还不如刻意的伟光正，至少还传播点正能量。这是个啥，我命由天不由我！还是最倒霉的那种，但主题又不是倒霉。东拉西扯，东拼西凑，堆砌段子，整个一个四不像。3
想一出是一出，想到哪儿拍到哪儿，一会儿是奶奶看雪，一会儿是父子重聚，一会儿是社恐患者交到了第一个朋友，一会儿朋友里面又有内鬼，一会儿又突然欠了一大笔债只好去广州打工还债，一会儿又开始探讨女性求职时遇到的问题了……
她总能无时无刻治愈着我
春节档最爱，韩寒不愧是写书的，台词真的很厉害！我好爱啊啊啊啊啊啊
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