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.
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假枪冒充着真枪、良民伪装成暴徒、官员披上了狼皮、心脏失去了方向，错误的一切造成了错误的杀戮，错误的杀戮却又成全了最伟大的英雄。有人在堕落就有人在牺牲，有人在痛苦就有人去治愈，命运判你走向死亡，社会逼你面对不公，天使本该坠落，爱却重塑双翅；蝼蚁本该渺小，萤火却汇成光明。谁在被误杀，谁在导演剧本；谁走头无路，谁又在绝处逢生？一场被害者精心导演的误杀戏码，却倾尽了最伟大的人伦之情，身为蚂蚁却会为了爱而扳倒大象，哪怕是帝王或上帝都要为此而低头。我们可以被剥夺一切的自尊与公平，却无法被剥夺去爱的权力。心脏在跳动，血脉在延续，哪里有死亡哪里就有新生，哪里有绝境哪里就有希望，正是千万年来无法被抹杀的天性让我们这些蝼蚁生生不息，繁衍到世界每个角落；我们爱的光亮最终会汇聚成光的桥梁跨越生与死，连接过去与未来。
十分无聊的一部剧，和误杀1差太远了，剧本毫无张力，接近平铺直叙，人物台词初中生水平，看得我坐立难安，这40块钱去吃顿麦当劳都比在这坐牢强，里面的人每说一句我都想来一句“差不多得了” [尴尬]
都说吃饭时最后一口味道，决定了这顿饭给人的最终印象。这部《误杀2》里肖央最后的那段让我彻底破防了。我觉得一段时间内，这部电影都会一直在我脑袋里回放。肖央演得非常好，从头到尾的情绪都控制得非常细腻，他不甘的眼神和抽搐的面颊，估计会集中很多观众的心。当然任达华演得也很好，没有丢掉老牌影星的范儿。总之贺岁档强推这部片。
彩蛋也算温情了下下
-女主显的有点蠢，一点都不像很厉害的律师的感觉，上庭了全是意想不到的状况
6分有点过...7.5分吧。文咏珊演技是真不行、有几个逻辑不太通，但其他还好，讲的蛮通顺的。还不错
就改编的方向而言，影片是处理比较巧妙的作品之一，把原版的病患和医院的矛盾改为平民与公权的矛盾，在坚持主人公“闹”的前提下维护了医生其可敬可贵之处，增添了对权贵的批评（至少做到了审查许可的情况下）。但它的拍法实在是不敢恭敬。情节套路不是问题，但各种矛盾戏剧冲突的布置实在是敷衍草率，毫无层次感；煽情没有问题，但在尚未花费足够笔墨让观众与人物建立起高度情感联系前，积累不起来的情绪无法得到充分释放；编剧似乎担心观众太蠢了，总是要给人物增添大段大段解释说明性台词，导致每个人物在经历了各种事件后不是展现出真实的反应，而是不停阐述现在怎样了，待会儿又要怎样，来强制性引导观众预期，像是服务于剧情的工具人。
这个系列最大特点不是所谓的不畏强权，而是彻头彻尾的套路、刻意，都是假把式，人物为了反转而行事，所以最后也都是假大空，整个大阴谋还不如谈谈医闹。上一部好歹有陈冲谭卓，这部女演员都一言难尽
最后的结局才是亮点 无论经历前人多少刻骨铭心的痛失亲人 忍辱负重的调查真相 即使将事实摆在眼前最终也变成政客资本家互相推诿的皮球而已 万字诉讼和实验报... 展开
迫在眉梢 John Q (2002)，汉化版？
开场四十分钟就想走了，极其脸谱化的人物塑造，套路的剧情，奇奇怪怪的口音，乏善可陈的表演，槽多无口，虽然都是翻拍但是跟误杀1完全没有可比性。
《误杀》不红，倒是爱蹭。陈思成剧本小裁缝实锤。——《一出不好戏》 多一星给肖央和他心里永不褪色的父爱。
制造了有毒杀菌剂的企业和颁发安全认证的国家都认为自己没有责任，那么有错的只能是我，我才是那个杀人犯，我杀死了我的孩子和妻子。
攀差坠楼的时刻儿子的心脏就拿不回来了，达马点头的时刻儿子的心脏又开始跳动。我愿意用-把假枪劫持医院，他们也能用一具空盒装一颗黑心。当你出生的那一刻，我这颗心脏便属于你，像潜入心室的萤火虫，在黑暗的地方发光。人越往高处走，越不该让贪欲将心像器物般抢走，越不能让权势将人像蝼蚁般践踏。
整部电影都太正确了，正确得太软弱了。
比第一部差太远，一群各种口音普通话尬演泰国人，故事不够强行煽情，实在是上了毒sir的当看了一部烂片
其实整体算是完成度比较高的一部类型片，但强行蹭《误杀瞒天记》的热度诈骗观众实在是太过下作。最大的败笔是市长这个角色，如果不让他出镜，单纯让他变成一个符号会更真实。李治廷很适合演衣冠禽兽，以后请多接点这种角色
这剧其实拍的非常沉闷，我分了三次才看完的，代入感是事件本身而不是剧情。然后要说的就是既然是真实事件，那么到底什么医生可以自己解剖妻子尸体？最后要说的就是用什么加湿器，太不安全了，我这种不舍得用纯净水供养它的反而就了自己一命？
非常精彩刺激的电影，情节跌宕起伏，适合全家人观看。
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