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.
闪回、场景再现和台词梗的滥用到了令人发指的地步；服化道、动作设计、画面质感和特效效果（至少是Matrix内部的那部分）堪比劣质网剧。导演不应该是这水平啊！明明剧情里有值得深挖的亮点，可以建构一整套全新的Matrix宇宙，现在生生拍成了《环大西洋》式的山寨剧。前半段的官方吐槽和最后的彩蛋让人不禁怀疑整部影片可能就是一场大型行为艺术，导演就是为了反抗片场才刻意把它拍烂，好让这个IP彻底凉凉，以后再无任何续集的可能。
哦，他们可以。
抛弃前面的立意，变成了一部解救情人顺便拯救世界的电影，怀旧部分太多了，像是吵架的夫妻，不断提醒对方，我曾经对你有多好看……对不起，因为很爱很爱，个人决定是不接受这部为续。
怎么说呢？有种看大话西游3的感觉，那部唐嫣演的，一直在说前作多牛逼的电影
这拍的都是啥，俩姐妹为了嘲笑华纳搞的喜剧嘛？喜剧也不合格。就各种为了凑剧情瞎编，都看睡着了。拍这种垃圾电影真的太浪费各种资源！！
本片作為續集，帶著一份罕見的自覺性，重新經營母體的虛擬世界。開頭便用後設的戲劇形式延續有關電腦世界的故事，大膽把三部曲說成電玩遊戲，而這個理論確實或多或少符合了系列誇張失真的超現實趣味，編導能如此戲謔自嘲自己的代表作，別有一番反叛調皮的趣味。當然，這份自嘲絕非夫子自道，而突顯編導這份渴望超越三部曲的野心和自覺，只是最大問題是過於淺薄，本質上實際和一般好萊塢英雄救美的超級英雄電影無異，雖然劇本有詳細設計（如如何離開母體），但這種花費一半篇幅講解的科幻世界觀相比第一集會加入不同哲學思維定義現實，就太微不足道了。而動作場面在喪失了袁和平的出色指導後，所剩下的不過是被好萊塢拍了多次的飛車追逐戰以及無敵氣功這種二手想象力場面罷了。
像一部拙劣的同人电影，连特效都显得那么廉价
期望越大 失望越大，快进着看完了，希望喜爱原来三部曲的人都别来看。
8/10前半部分让观众都陷入其中，相比之下后半部分剧情太弱了。如果没有第三部，这一部最好的结局就是在跳下楼顶，再也没飞起来，这才是自由之路。
已经完整的故事，加这么一出真的是被枪指着硬憋出来的。一开始还算个同人花絮加吐槽，然后就是把第一集剧情重演一遍，剩下一半纯为爱痴狂。格局比前三部小到不知哪里去了，动作场面也难看得不行。算我粉丝给面子吧，求别再搞了。
本来就想当爽片看，可是基努打得不起劲啊。基努演疾速系列还那么能打，到黑客里怎么老给他放外挂气功，黑客前三部Neo都没这么水吧。这么多年过去了，拉娜居然变得这么爱发牢骚了，电影里疯狂吐槽，水了不少时长。选角也好可恶啊，小乔演Smith，对他以往作品的印象太深刻了，看到他就想笑了，还演个啥Smith。新角色塑造大失败，除了戏份多过Triniti的女主八哥和低配版墨菲斯没一个记得住的。
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前面迷迷糊糊睡了近半个小时，感觉应该不影响剧情，后面吧就用爱发电，用爱升空啥的。反正我没有搞清楚几个大招到底是什么情况下触发的。基努里维斯真的是老了，不适合拍这种动作片了，闪回的那些以前的镜头多帅呀。
neo是被复刻循环后的neo，矩阵也迭代升级了，锡安变成了艾欧，凭什么黑客帝国还是那个黑客帝国呢。少了袁和平的武打没看头，一群人矩阵里的装扮看起来更像不入流的黑帮，差点儿以为墨菲斯出柜了，图一乐瞎看吧，先知不在，哲学也没人探讨了。
如果没记错，第一次用快进的方式“膜拜”一个曾经辉煌无比的大IP的重启。剧本的拙劣难以下咽，它就像一只黑带十段的瞌睡虫，屡屡在你强打精神的时候，就往你眼皮上狠狠地扎一道。很难想象，一个如今年届六十曾几何时叱咤矩阵的育龄男，可以跟一群九零后后程序狗围炉讨论如何写一个新游戏这么中二。除了屡屡消费前三作的所谓经典时刻和堆积所谓致敬彩蛋，故事不出彩、剪辑很差劲、动作不凌厉，可谓一无是处。沃卓斯基姐姐，您老这是怎么了？
献上一波回忆杀 Carrie 真的是理想型伴侣 哈哈 Jessica Jones里那种 印度女演员太惊艳 原来是Quantico 那位 反正引起共鸣的都是和Matrix无关的
Neo的颓废感很重，片子有些提不起劲的感觉！女权不女权到无所谓了！会议室里的调侃已定下基调了！“the Catrix”【捂脸cry】导演是真没当回事拍着玩呢
文戏又臭又长、打戏支离破碎，看得我目瞪口呆。（去影院又看了一遍，其实剧本还行，但文戏和打戏的观点没改变，看得我如坐针毡）
真的不考虑情人节上映吗（笑）千万不要孤立看它，千万不能把它和123分开，4完全就是对123的无奈解构和有限重构。分数扑街叙事破绽百出又怎样，我就是喜欢。
虽然总体及格，但是这样炒冷饭让我抱着少年的热血来看这种水准的电影，真是气死了
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