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.
导演的镜头没有效率和信息，靠舞台剧般的自言自语，拍出来就很扯淡。
太空洞了，幸好去年金馬衝堂最後選擇去看《美國女孩》，陳以文、丁寧真的看得好膩。
王彦霖演起来不务正业的混子，气质还挺符合，那些静物用人来吐槽我觉得还挺有意思的，多半星给张子栋饰演的狗，真的太灵了，再多半星给结局，没有强行让男女主在一起。
看完还算愉快，几首歌都挺好听的呢。
覺得好似用微單拍完的，導演完全不懂得用兩個演技出色的演員，不做任何有效的鋪陳就讓演員在長鏡頭飆演技，看到一頭霧水完全找不到共情點，可惜陳湘琪一身好功夫
妻子试图在灵修中直面深渊直至化成一只小鸟，却只能站在深渊中默默注视着小鸟越飞越远。丈夫带走了面临结扎的老狗，以为这样就能保住自己最后一丝尊严。宾馆浴池里的那场戏应该算是全片唯一一个有起伏的高潮点，同样是在这一刻，夫妻二人一同失去了仅剩的体面，从此便只有两具冰冷的“尸体”，同床异梦，形同陌路。手机定位会失灵，灵修班会关门，可是这僵死的婚姻关系要如何才能结束。
看评论不太行，抖音看了解说，好像确实不用浪费生命中的两小时了
如果中年人生是一场修行，该期待的是顿悟，还是在矇眼的黑暗中放慢呼吸？模范主妇严太太在买菜煮饭、带狗看医生的琐碎日常中，持续过着灵修人生；上班无趣，下班无处可去的严先生，也日复一日地过着“修行”般敬而远之的婚姻生活。直到严太太意外接到一通电话，得知多年前丈夫短暂出轨的对象住进了疗养院的消息，原本凝固的日子便开始掀起波澜⋯⋯ 《修行》改编自作家王定国的短篇小说《妖精》。导演钱翔再次携手金马影后陈湘琪，搭配金马影帝陈以文饰演一对感情零温度的夫妻，全片探讨中年婚姻危机与难解的人生课题，以细腻而诗意的影像语言，对情感与人性层层剖析。如果无爱的婚姻是一场修行，该盼望的是回应，还是在无声的日子里得过且过？
不知道人类为什么用婚姻这种东西来禁锢和折磨自己。
人物故事停留在一个平面上，基本没有往前移动的痕迹，有着优秀的生活片段，却无法拼凑成整体，哪怕是出色的演技在本片里都难以成为优点。两星。
看之前觉得这种设定应该很有趣，没想到居然能拍的这么无趣！
一个人吃饭吃不停，女主则是默默吃药。这对比不错。
之后上映应该会小爆吧，完成的不错，演员选的也很好。但是关于性倒错和精神疾病的运用太工具化了，只是构成案件的线索，对欲望、快感和多重人格的表现都有点浅尝辄止的感觉（可能是我对城定秀夫期待太高吧。。
微失望，但好像是今年目前看到比較行的國片（抖
你我，是否在修行？
我觉得分数给低了，整部片除了结尾有些俗套，启始情节，动画效果，台词都还算不错，一些小梗更是玩得很溜，比如作为彩蛋出现的花妞。#20211121
成也细节败也细节。戴着戒指的手、抱树的疯狂呐喊、一通电话逐渐勾勒出一个不幸福，且有些神经质的女人。但在剧情的推进上也太拉垮了吧，浪费了演员的表现力。为女演员的情绪感染力加一星。
故事讲明白了，元素较多题材不多见，很日本的片子
也就是说只要国产电影🈶热气球这个元素一定不好看的意思？ btw这俩演员我太喜欢了所以能看到最后
预告挺吸引人，昨天点映立刻去看了，改编得不错。林狗好玩，虽然才一点点戏份，但自带笑梗。
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