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.
穿越千年，只为寻找一种征服，势必让敌人卑躬屈膝，却陷入爱人的眼神里。离家万里，只为逃避一份悲伤，试图让过往随风而去，却走进命运的迷阵中。嗜血魔王吃惯了苦头，一丝甜蜜就能放下屠刀。人中之龙攒够了愤怒，一场对峙终于成为传奇。名为文武，实难两全，如果可以选择，我希望环环相扣的是你的手。十年前如果有人对我说：嘿，未来的大银幕上会有一个漫威超级英雄是说着中国话的华人角色，骑着飞龙上天入地！我一定会说他疯了。而现在，古老神秘的东方力量在近在眼前，五彩斑斓的远古异兽触手可及，这已经足够让我心潮澎湃。梁朝伟饰演的文武是除灭霸之外，最让人难忘的漫威反派，因为他所有的恶都源于对爱人的思念，动了情的混世魔王，怎能不让人肝肠寸断。尚气的存在感被他爹秒成渣了，所以才要打一架？二刷减一星，可恶！无法接受战王就这么死了。
“你长得很像你妈”
结果好像一直在不停刷手机~
全片80%的时候都觉得好烂好烂，但只要梁朝伟出现就觉得还行，甚至他临死的时候，还被虐了一把。这个人真的太会演了。
没有任何刻板印象，全程充满了对中国文化的尊重和理解。很难想象能有一部一半以上对白都是标准普通话的漫威电影。
漫威全部作品前三的质量，给差评的到底有多恨自己的民族？4.5
简直是真人版《功夫熊猫》，超出预期，美术服装演技样样都行，特别是配乐和伟仔非常棒，场景特效也是十分精彩。
可以看得出来漫威的诚意，就是有点不能接受文武si的太随意了。
就还是从西方角度叙事的典型漫威超英电影（the chosen one），服化道也是西式中国风（东亚混搭风），当然这些都没什么大问题，毕竟这本身就不是一个东方故事；接近一半的普通话台词是个挺好的体验，但更吹毛求疵一点，我会觉得说台词的语气有点太正式（有些像Siri）而缺乏情感，以及如果能加入方言（不少粤普、台普口音）会更接地气；开头前两场的打戏还是满惊艳的，太极的以柔克刚非常有表现力，刘思慕的打戏也挺不错的（希望他能和香港武指多练练）；梁朝伟最帅的时候，还是他颓废有胡渣的样子。
这个中文台词 也太翻译腔了 一点也不自然
这是什么魔幻尬片，失真到没一点代入感。去掉特效，就只能是几个人在那跳舞又杂技耍猴的。改成迪士尼动画或许还能将就，真人版分分钟脱离正常认知。设定逻辑动机纯三秒钟记忆，编剧把观众当成三岁小孩。想象尚气加入复联，画面违和感就扑面而来。★★/4
12天没看电影了
虽然一开始只有simu的时候还终于get到了一点他的好看的点，但梁朝伟一出来尤其是每次和他同框都觉得simu被吊打😂 乱七八糟的，但确实还挺entertaining。awkwafina真是有奇怪的魔力，明明演啥都是她本人，但放哪儿都完全不出戏。
特效还行，更像是功夫+神话片而不是科幻片，故事有点单调。
在一切的乱七八糟之余，完全清晰的可以看出《卧虎藏龙》《一代宗师》的经典打斗（俞秀莲玉娇龙、周润发章子怡，梁朝伟章子怡）、剪辑、BGM（尤其卧虎藏龙）的模式被借用…… 有一种它们都已经被historicized、简化成了随意引用取用的模式的年代。
In Loving Memory Of Brad Allan，一位伟大的武师。
看到尚气拿到老爸的五环时，五环之歌在我的脑子里开始疯狂回放 “啊 五环，你比四环多一环，啊 五环，你比六环少一环”。故事就很好莱坞，看个开头就大概知道了结局。所以注意力全都集中在其他奇奇怪怪的点上了，比如和尼先生争论这龙看起来像不像一只中国龙；talo村的颜色稍微艳俗，如果换老谋子来，色彩会高级很多；尚气在水里的时候我以为他吃了哈利波特的鳃囊草；尚气和katy没有cp感…
2021-10-4阅。豆瓣影评“尚气全剧透”基本是瞎编。先前网上揭批黑豹设定辱非的一个手法就是把内容一一替换成中国刻板印象，让国人感受非洲人的心理。现在不用感受了：完全不如黑豹。黑豹至少还有点非洲未来主义美术（比如“外星科技长矛”啥的）。这片整个左宗棠鸡落后主义美术全方位巨丑无比，哪怕照着仙侠片拍至少能看，这塔罗“土著巫术长棍”算哪门子东亚奇幻。辱华吗？辱北美亚裔吧。12-18补了彩蛋。
可以看得出来漫威的诚意，就是有点不能接受文武si的太随意了。
想从这样“似是而非”的故事当中，找到某些文化中所谓的“真实”，就好像是，希望从料理包速食餐中吃到功夫菜的独特味道，那着实是有些缘木求鱼。
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