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.
打戏流畅，文戏有思考。
剧情简单，但动作场景一如既往地精彩绝伦。最精彩的打斗场面都在漫画里了，不得不说这是武侠真人电影的悲哀。
虽然还是不习惯这种人物和背景完全割裂的画面
文戏太弱了，但武打太爽了，反正是我看的武侠动作最精彩的了。不费脑打够一小时给你看！
每个人的心事和委屈都找不到出口，又带着一丝放不下的温情。
5星支持
正统武侠路线，复仇的核心主线虽简单老套，但拳拳到肉、刀光剑影的武打戏实在过于上头，修罗拳的雄浑、梨花枪的轻盈、重拳的霸道…人物性格被融入到动作设计里，一招一式都值得品味拆解，兼具了美感和实感，在如今偷懒放个大招就敷衍了事的打戏环境降维打击下，属实是武打天花板级别。同时三渲二技法的画风使背景环境具备三维透视感，又保持了人物独特的二维武侠韵味，山林、寺庙、城镇等都有着浓浓的古风古韵，对各类兵器更是做了锱铢必较的考究，也难怪味儿十足了。
母女线是蛮好的 虽然有点过（有人说它朴实 我觉得还是煽得有点多）感觉这对夫妻不是一路人 也看不出是什么让二人走到一起 很多台词都蛮戳人的 “我的梦想就是在这里每天伺候你们？”“你还是没有把这里当作你的家是不是？”“绕了一大圈又回到了原点。”“妈妈的脆弱也是我的脆弱，妈妈的恐惧也将令我恐惧。” 我是我母亲的一切
给弟看了几天视频我就忘记了我充会员的目的了。
最差的是编剧，其次是配音，然后才是动画。台词写得让人无比尴尬，最后剩10分钟实在不能忍了
人物和背景不是一个画风，偶尔的五毛特效，有些出戏的TVB配音，文戏部分孱弱。但是，好钢用到刀刃上，动作戏部分简直爆炸，徒手打斗十分具有力量感，枪、刀、戟的打斗可以称的上漂亮，特别是大反派西门仁的一枪一刀那飘逸感真的绝了。整部片子一半以上的时间都是动作戏，真的是爽到不行。
动作爽快凌厉 爽就完事了 台词略有一点中二 人物还是单薄了点
重武轻文，打戏比国内绝大多数动画都要好，不过影片总归是要讲故事的，本作显然没有做好这一点。剧情简单寻常，人物塑造虽不算单薄，但是过于潦草，台词也比较糟糕，需要好好打磨，丐帮人丁兴旺这种话怎么讲得出来？
从原本彼此独立又有联系的剧集变成完整的长叙事电影，破坏掉了大开大阖开门见山的气势、快意恩仇的潇洒江湖气，使叙事变得冗长，相对单薄的英雄气短、儿女情长、胸有韬略等等被前人撰写得不知更高明多少倍的内核，像是被一口气翻过来倒过去地来回喘。
不同的文化和语言并没有起到像《驾驶我的车》里的错位效果。除了几个略打动我的点以及人马对视，乏善可陈。
@@@@（2022-02-01）枕刀歌之尘世行
好喜欢哦 怀旧得恰到好处 “孙协志秃头啦”真的笑到 陈老师的ED莫名得搭
《枕刀歌之尘世行》是一部挺不错的武侠国漫。虽然没看过番，但我仍然被燃到了。画风有点奇怪，看似2D又看似3D，不如还直接做好2D好了。配音比较多，也可以，但是有了叶清老师的加入，感觉一个TVB角色忽然穿到这样的动画，有点不搭噶。不过一部新人动画，有这样的完成度已经很不错了，而且动作设计也是可圈可点的。也可以看出来导演是一个热衷于武侠江湖且有研究的人。总体，还是不错的！
【2022春节档最佳，欠一张票】不仅说国漫，动漫武侠之巅了！无人能出其右！侠以武犯禁，儒以文乱法。每个动作设计都花足了心思，不是搞个特效喊一声招式就放个波完事了。武侠，的根本就是每个动作的套招，太连贯了，舒服极了。最后一击，真的帅炸
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