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.
系列高开低走，口碑一部不及一部，可能也没有下一部了。一个一心赴死的傻儿子不听苦口婆心的老父亲话的故事。系列开创的高逼格特工体系，到这一部已经荡然无存了，除了那身定做西装。不止定位不再是特工类型，作为系列招牌的流畅动作戏也没了，那段类似舞蹈的打斗和第一部里的交响乐同步礼花弹比起来差太多了。反派也太明显了，最后还故弄玄虚一阵才露脸实在没必要。电影里头夹带的私货太多，打击现实中的政治敌人，也不必非得在一个娱乐性的电影里头这么处心积虑，动机不纯。
另外唯一让人眼前一亮的当属Ralph Feinnes与David Kross两位在《The reader》之后的再次合作。
對一戰有點理解的人應該都會覺得滿有趣的吧！
斐迪南大公遇刺这段太儿戏了。太业余了！这两王牌特工太业余了！
老爹很帅 儿子死的很可惜 感觉是系列最好的一部
虚伪无耻的英国贵族史观，恶心下作的抹黑方式，拉斯普京的芭蕾剑法是唯一的亮点，其他都是问题，都是漏洞的设定、毫无波澜的剧情、装腔作势的台词标签化的角色，以及钢铁版生硬的转折，我猜到了年轻贵族会死，没想到是这个死法。
打戏还行，和第二部问题一样，主要角色死的太随意了，真的是恶心人！
情节很无聊，还让我猜错了主角，片子感官优雅俏皮~~
整部电影笑声连连。很久没看到这么精彩的历史玩笑了。且继续把带着英式幽默的精彩动作戏发扬光大，很高兴不像《王牌特工2》一样套路勉强。最后两个人的对决，某种程度上也是贵族和农民，英格兰和苏格兰的对决，却放大到引起第一次世界大战的程度，乐死了。拉叔和马修·古迪的这种量级的对决也满是福尔摩斯和莫里亚蒂既视感。此外能看到拉叔晚节不保和马修·古迪这般发型胡子裤子，也是独特的英式幽默了。另外家仆网络设定很有意思，还有“世界先生”阴谋论般的牧羊人组织。最后要说，康纳死亡那段在电影中节奏欠佳，非常不合适，但是单独这个片段又非常幽默。估计当时剪辑的时候也是看着这段爱不释手到不想剪掉。哈哈哈哈
很难看，p.s. 'every man i killed, i killed a piece of myself'，费因斯在致敬伏地魔？
大戏拍得挺好的 我也不太懂一战历史 所以这昏昏欲睡的历史戏谑实在是没啥吸引力 男女演员方面都有不少喜欢的人 可惜大家全程也都不知道在干嘛 王牌特工最引以为傲的爽快感和不可一世之感一点都看不见
救命，我以为那个光头是图齐大叔，谁懂……虽然一开始就看出来某人不对劲。另外，马修沃恩到底在干嘛啊？？？一枪崩了那谁？？（虽然但是，动作场面是好看的（回过头想想，的确是前半小时就wtf，整个一出恶搞
冲下车门也是冲出父母保护。十架伸出的匕首披着羊皮的狼。桌上轮舞像是高加索。儿子戏剧性横死的时候崩坏，无力的悲剧。拔剑的时候黑白幻灯片开炮。不会想到沙皇全家合影下一瞬间是被击毙。越来越像晚会和评书化了。和平主义转向重拳出击已经刺激不了大众的头脑了，没有离经叛道的快感。
槽点有很多
嗯……估计这个系列到此就是终结了。其实比第二部好看。鼓励性+1星，毕竟我真的好喜欢kingsman1。（怪僧打斗那段是全片华彩
又臭又长，历史戏说不够疯，借古讽今也没有，第一部的魅力一点点被耗尽。
动作戏不错，斗杀拉斯普丁段落是最大亮点。对这种历史大格局下的恶趣味我还蛮喜欢的。原来不能引进是因为列宁，最后希特勒出场让我对下一部充满期待。
几乎可以预见的无趣，除去几段打斗还留有一丁点首部的余韵，余下部分就是一场离奇且造作的历史解构，拉斯普金部分尚还能接受，列宁这段可就过分了。
真是制作精良，动作戏满分，文戏金句不断，极大缓解了看完黑客帝国4的PTSD
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