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.
5、女同，害怕世俗的眼光，那就把你吃了，同为一体
总觉得是カイジ的低配版。櫻井海音和横滨流星的脸真是看的人如痴如醉。。2022/2/23日比谷ミッドタウンTOHOシネマズ
莫名其妙的，但有陀罗的制片似乎很会把握对黑暗中的恐惧营造。
两星就给宇宙少女EXY和雪娥 剧情一般 没啥好说的了
太难看了，就牙医那集还凑合，其他真的是巨老套巨无聊~就好像小时候听的鬼故事截取了一个片段没头没尾拍了个电影~
故事性不强，还有就是不过瘾，基本都是意料之中了，看脸还是不错的
一不小心抽了半小时鬼牌等我回过神来都惊愕了！不过颜狗就应该看这片，流星白麻的搭配很惊喜。
几个小故事拼凑成的恐怖桥段，你说恐怖吧，没有连贯性；你说好看吧，但只能记起几个片段。无聊时候当背景音乐看吧
我不能理解这么大阵仗最后就是比个…抽对儿…
剧情党表示情节太散了。。但是有一说一玩偶主题的恐怖片是真的吓人，其实延伸延伸可以变成一部还不错的恐怖片的（本来期待有一个小清新的恐怖故事，可惜没有，cult的也没有，有几个主题太类似了
真的不太行。。。各种片子经典桥段拼接起来的东西，大汗
个人是很喜欢这种小故事组成的电影的。用蹩脚的韩语啃完生肉。有韩国传统的，有借鉴梗的，也有很有新意的。总体来说是值得的。
没有传统恐怖片的一惊一乍，也没有把怪物藏着掖着，从一开始观众就能知道小男孩在阁楼养着温迪戈，一切就是等待老师和警察姐弟俩什么时候发现那玩意儿。简单叙述，标准滤镜和构图。这部应该叫不错的怪谈电影。感觉可以这样子出个系列哦。这不比史蒂芬•金的城堡岩世界观强？
“爸爸生病了，无论如何都不要给我开门……”
The Ritual + The Taking of Deborah Logan. Adult characters are bad, bad writing.
十个小故事几乎没什么原创，都是一些玩烂的套路，除了俊男靓女，实在没什么让人眼前一亮的。
片子不吓人，导演挺吓人，拍了这么多尴尬的要死的短片，每个故事开局都不错，就是收尾的时候出现让你看不懂的骚操作。
哦，豆瓣就是坨屎！我没有看到今年任何一部恐怖片得到了它应得的评分。一群毫无鉴赏能力的家伙随意贬低了那么多优秀的恐怖片。实在太可悲了。
xx怪谈还挺多的 但是这部的故事真的毫无新意 演员演技也都不行 电影恐怖氛围不足
氛围制造得不错。小男孩演的也不错。带出女主的背景也不会太啰嗦，大概知道发生什么。缺点就是恐怖片经常发生（也可以说经常制造）：1.自己不想死，让别人去送死的情节，2.明知山有虎偏向虎山行，还不带武器，3.明知恶魔打不过，却从来不会团结一致，每每都是等你死了，我才独自上。太多在现实生活不会下的决定，全都用在恐怖惊悚片，难道就不能依照一般人的思维去行动吗？也请不要再用，因为怪物/恶灵已经不现实这些藉口了。另外，看着看着，鹿角怎么那么熟悉，片尾字幕上的时候才发现原来跟陀螺导演有关系。
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