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.
一部借古喻今的电影，告诉你家里没有两把刷子，别混娱乐圈。在独立的他为她背负人命并牺牲自己的那个故事里，如果你问她，她是怎么活过来的，她会告诉你她不委屈，因为曾有个人为了给她出头不惜牺牲自己，她会好好活下去。
被人反向安利，看完觉得这电影意外挺好看的啊，前半部分啰嗦，但也很搞笑，到中间有一股《无人生还》的感觉，每个人后面都有一个故事。充满政治隐喻，居然能过审，我也很意外。最后越南，伸出手，又收回来，很触动。
1.作为一部“元电影”，完成度极高，剧情流畅，反转自然，可与《摄影机不要停》比肩。2.对影视从业者的自嘲一针见血：“十个项目九个凉，商业投资很正常”，却又不乏自勉之情。3.还是一部迷影电影，致敬了《王牌特工》《闪灵》《无间道》《英雄本色》等影片。4.“权力是暂时的，欢笑是永恒的。”张本煜和余皑磊对峙一幕，想到了《让子弹飞》里的张麻子和黄四爷。角色虽不同，却有异曲同工之妙。
结局以为新故事开始，新闻报道却暗示剧组成员的死亡
整体的完成度很高，完全不像是一部处女作
觉得不合理的地方，最后都出现了反转。每个人都在各自性格的轨迹上行走偏离一点点，汇聚到了一起，不会显得突兀。给中间隐晦对抗浇灭火苗的人加一星。
可以说是年度最大惊喜了，放在近几年，也称得上是国产最佳悬疑片。关键是他悬疑吧，还巨踏马搞笑，演技也全员在线，台词水平很高，让人欲罢不能，意犹未尽，很想二刷。
怎么说，稀碎的剪辑和形式化的表演风格，没能给这个外强中干的故事添砖加瓦，而是雪上加霜。没能完成任何一个可以情感代入的角色，最后的人物升华也就大可不必。剧本还是挺有追求的，春秋笔法夹枪带棒，但导演的完成能力还不足以讲好这个故事，总之挺可惜的。另外，尹正继续这么演下去，就废了。
就记得尹正演技是真有点子烂，本煜演技有惊到，短评点出沉船版结局，看到各种暗喻自我阉割成惯性第一反应是这是能说的吗，国产算好的电影了
我搁这儿看你们玩剧本杀呢？想当然的推理，喜剧元素玩得也不好。这种揭露消费女性的作品依然有种消费女性的效果。
剧作真的不错，细节感满满，就包括乐山故事版本里离去的白马、刀仙，最后再反转还是我以为是为第二部做准备，另外很多点也感觉有着韩寒、叫兽他们这群人独有搞笑风格，也确实挺好玩。
又臭又长，场景单一，表演浮夸，特别是扮演编剧那个家伙。“我叫你爸，你打我马，这样对吗”——我直接吐了。
剧本杀式的好电影，结局给人多方面的遐想，一些致敬也比较惊喜。看电影喜欢思考的可以发掘出很多东西，纯看的也可以获得一些感受。
剧本太牛了，最后的反转也让人惊喜，唯一的缺点就是拍摄模式还是像网剧，包括每个人的表演和台词。万合天宜在经历一番低谷之后总算拿出了有质量的作品，里面一些电影梗也很有趣，虽然定位是喜剧，但柯达老让我出戏啊，本煜倒还好
很好的演员，普通的故事，有野心的策划，却只能说是部在认真拍的电影。多加的一星为万合天宜和韩寒曾经带给我的欢乐吧。
🆘意料之中的无感甚至略微反感，很讨厌这种不好好说话的电影，严肃题材的喜剧展现方式总是令人尴尬…可以但没必要。
你们整天这是都在看些什么，讨论些什么。。。
剧本还可以，一起去看的人从黑衣人进来就出去接电话，最后他问我不会觉得想到乔任梁吗
①民国上海：几个电影业内人坐在一起讨论三老被杀的案件欲借此将该谋杀案故事拍成电影扬名立万，然而随着深入调查，他们却陷入了政治风波中。影片情节多次反转。②悬疑+喜剧。③虽然故事比较有趣，但表演模式太话剧了，而且叙事节奏有点拖。
3.5 十个项目九个凉，商业投资很正常。电影如草芥，在权力的倾轧与任意宰割面前毫无缚鸡之力；电影也很有力量，如水一般总能变换形态达到自己的目的，阐释自己的意义。记忆不同，真相不在，电影人会一直换一茬又一茬，只愿大家真的能保护好那颗赤诚之心。即使如此还是没法给高分，因为太讨厌韩寒那套段子集锦，破功又出戏，以及，没一个人算演的好的。而且坏警察编故事的桥段真的想到训练日。不过讽刺当今电影行业的部分，还行。
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