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.
这个世界观蛮有趣的，身边突然热热闹闹的，一点也不孤单
故事好对我胃口，拍的也挺美。但可能还是有点太想讲清楚了，展现了太多逻辑性的线索和细节，就少了很多情感上说不清道不明的感觉。好可惜啊，那种抓不住的只能凭感觉的暧昧情愫才应该是影视化的魅力所在。（没想到会看到优子，有点感动+惊喜。真好啊，演技进步了好多，已经是立派的演员了啊）
中年婚姻，同一屋檐下的行尸走肉，同床异梦的夫妻角色扮演者。一潭死水般的生活甚至不如那几通小三姐姐的电话来的有生命力。每个人都在摆烂，因为他们深陷这种泥沼，在里面缓缓躺平了。生活化的流水日常作为影片的主旋律，让人倍感压抑，仿佛与他们夫妻无声的同桌吃饭，食不知味。
极富童真的电影，只有那种有童真又善良的人才会想出这样的故事，最后林更新恶搞自己的梗也是挺好玩的。
非常努力在搞笑 也就还行吧 最后满满激情 主角和一众配角还算热闹 打发时间可以
尚可 散场听人讨论龙标号是2018年的 漫画改的嘛 剧本比想象中好玩 还算愉快
剧本和导演都不太行，导致作者不够作者，剧情不够剧情，先锋更谈不上。不知道怎么可以请到靠演技支撑全场的影帝影后，大概是因为《回光奏鸣曲》吧。老严夫妻俩的故事，就是中国中老年家庭的普遍故事，暗含的前史（老严与苏小姐）导致的相看两厌，但更大可能就是早就相看两厌，我听不得你启动榨汁机的声音，我见不得你吃东西要吧唧嘴，可是你们相遇的时候不就是这样子的吗？即使是儿子结婚那么大的喜事，偏偏是奉子成婚的糊涂账，两个人车厢内的无言，亦预告了下一代的婚姻也不会好到哪里去。和建平一起看的，他最喜欢看电影乱开腔：“这么恨，干脆杀了对方呀！”还真就有了差点失手杀人的情节（我看湘琪那一刻的恍惚，是潜意识浮到海面上来了吧）。愤世嫉俗的建平，却丝毫不同意我的“中国夫妻的缩影论”，他说他见过很多相爱的夫妻，我说我没有。
年轻的时候不会看这类题材，但是应该去了解知道的
很多修行会让人走火入魔。
看得挺压抑的，这个如死寂版的中老年婚姻生活
心理学名词叫“慕自我暗杀癖”。虽然说是城定秀夫×古屋兔丸，但可惜它完全不是你想象中的那种电影。一会儿文艺，一会儿哲学，一会儿纯爱，我只能说日活粉红导演一思考，上帝就发笑…
3，既不会拍漫改也不会拍喜剧，把猥琐当有趣，把油腻当诙谐，也完全没把原著那种奇幻设定下日常幽默拍出来，电影频繁致敬《疯狂的石头》，但水平比宁浩差了N条街
电影本身就是在再现想要诠释的这种婚姻状态。静默舒缓地推进，减少语言的解释。沉进去看，当然，得有能理解这样婚姻状态，或者达到相近年龄状态才行。是一个很有门槛的电影。年轻人基本会无视此片，给出极低的分数
此外还有大量不需要的擦边球笑料，劝加入这些想法的人从现在开始学韩语，换个地方去拍真正的性喜剧吧。
这是什么脑残片，太智障了吧，糊弄小孩的？！全片真的都是一群神经病，没有一个正常人。这个设定倒是有点意思，但这么拍出来就是在侮辱观众们的智商了，而且这个故事叙事也非常混乱，男主遭雷劈获得特异功能，突然到最后特异功能就莫名其妙的消失，也没说原因。而且最后绑架女主那一幕是全片最恶心人的片段，还有猝不及防的bgm和无比尴尬的笑点，真的是烂到家了。想不通王彦霖和焦俊艳为啥接这种烂片！唯一的亮点就是最后彩蛋林狗出来的那一块还觉得有点意思。总体来说，年度十烂之一，没眼看。
剧情很儿戏，最致命的是被短视频提前耗光了惊喜度——本片确实唯一的好看部分在于和静物对话这一设定。另外标签里居然有“爱情”哦，但是王彦霖和焦俊艳真的没有任何CP感，望周知。
三星半。也许“生活就是个慢慢受锤的过程”？
咱就是说过不下去真的不要硬过！放过彼此真的是最大的修行。太压抑和平淡也许就是对无爱婚姻最好的注脚
中秋档唯一一部喜剧片，个人上电影院一般都喜欢看喜剧，生活已经不容易了，何不看点开心的东西，有搞笑也有治愈，里面最惊艳我的印象最深的一段是女主酒吧rap哈哈哈哈哈哈，本来给三星，但冲着女主的rap再加1星! 没想到焦俊艳还有这个技能，可以的。
原来花妞是林狗啊！！！下雨了，冒泡了，谁家小孩不要了！其实还蛮不错的，轻松幽默，某些设定有点像瑞安·雷诺兹主演的《血色孤语》。
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