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.
哈维尔不错。西蒙斯很赞
用现在话说，就是美强惨的故事。基本是一年一度喜剧大赛后台排练实录差不多。喜剧好难啊
你看这个结果呐 这是多失望啊 原来一个小小的家 终究是奢望
台词依旧很精妙……可让三次劫难集中爆发，刚看到两夫妻同心协力渡了两次劫，还来不及庆祝，女主拿出证明男主出轨的口红印，第二天就申请离婚了……这节奏快得让人不适……Sorkin以往的剧本中用爱情婚姻当调味料还是很惊艳的，一拿它当主料就不太适口
这种闷对我而言就是欲盖弥彰，但盖不住的是滥用命题所致的空洞。
看到结尾微微居然有点微微泛了泪光，在自我、时代、地位、爱情等诸多夹缝里渲染的情绪很能同感…很多人都在黑妮可基德曼我却觉得她演的巨棒！还有JK-西蒙斯也演得很暖
哈维尔巴登抱着吉他唱着西语小曲，镜头从妮可地上的影子开始上移，从帽子到头发，到夹着着香烟的手，到高跟鞋，最终露出了烟雾缭绕中的脸，天呐真的太美太好听了。最后的感情结束在那句I’m home.真是唏嘘（又是在结尾才惊觉原来是索金的片子
妮可基德曼演得很好喔 就是电影略无聊 不够有趣
大姐整容整脱相了真的是，愣是没看出来是她，仅仅觉得有点儿像
芝加哥七君子审判好歹还有历史背景加成，成片整成这样只能说索金作为导演终于原形毕露了（暴露了能力有限的本质）
原本以为全片会围绕着Lucille Ball的“共产主义”倾向展开论述和思辨，结果开头点一下，结尾回一下(拉出个胡佛背书)，就这样……？
索金最近的剧本都太趋同了，真的没意思，什么都想讲，什么都没讲好。导得也不行啊。
难看到爆啊半个小时都没看出趣味来虽然坚持看完了。情景喜剧的有趣展现基本只有5%。两个小时演喜剧人的一周vs一生也不是什么难题吧，怎么会搞得这么难看的？唯一让我没打下一星的理由只有妮可了，演技的确给人印象深刻——突出而有些做作。
觉得挺好看的，这种高度理性的创作（从剧本到表演技巧拉满）也有迷人之处，都是议题，但怎么就写得这么融洽啊~~虽说从剪辑来看，容易让人混乱，但心理逻辑清晰，情境通了，说的都是一回事
19年前妮可靠《时时刻刻》封后，那是值得被记住一部电影。而19年后的今天，她要靠一直以来都给劳模姐演的角色封后了，而且是在一部平庸之作里。最大的问题是剧本，就事论事，完全没有做到以点带面。虽然一直以来的野心都是书写“美国故事”，但是呈现出来的效果是被夫妻关系困住了，完成了一部规定动作。导演自己大概永远不愿意承认自己的生涯巅峰就是社交网络了。
别来那么多什么闪回好了，妮可这个脸，前后年代感完全区分不开，只看一次莫名其妙的，时空错乱了
一个女人再成功也要小心翼翼照顾丈夫的自尊心，努力让所有人show respect对丈夫，平衡事业和家庭。今年颁奖季那么多女性戏却看的太沮丧了，男性戏讲警匪/社会抗争/追梦，女性戏挣扎于生育/丈夫/赡养。
有些当代访谈实在是没必要，又不是泰坦尼克 @ AMC Raceway
非常好，尤其对比同样的关塔那摩题材（所以加一星，应该算7.5），终于涉及酷刑（或者杀人）对人的彻底毁灭，不仅是被折磨者，折磨者察觉到自己的身份和行为后，同样也会被摧毁。酗酒自杀和日复一日的赌博都是同样的行尸走肉，除非他将责任推给不可抗力，但这同样也是个人灵魂的毁灭。要说什么不满的话，和解没有呈现出足够的力量，除非强调黑皮肤的意义。另外，不知为何让我想起《在巴比伦》，但巴比伦美得纯粹，这里被灯光点亮的城市论画面而言太丑了，只要想到这一片紫红灯光就头皮发麻，但又电影意义上的很美，奇怪的感觉。当然眩晕的灯是美的。能找到让这种灯光呈现出美的方式，应该归功于导演和摄影的能力。
从思想意识、专业水准、家庭责任等方面来讲，露西称得上是一个近乎完美的女人。然而就是这样一位演员，却没有走到本应该属于她的位置，甚至蒙受了丈夫的背叛。电影中的要素确实过多，但女主角的人格魅力却没有受到丝毫掩盖。而妮可·基德曼对现实中和情景喜剧中两个不同露西的诠释，简直就像一人分饰两角般精彩。
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