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.
脸好看是真好看，导演和小k都不明白什么是张弛有度，全程没有最苛刻的教条就没有最夸张的释放，没有松弛的状态就没有爆发的存在，观众看着都累，这部剧那就没在体现有反叛的含义，都不知道抗争什么。还有一个很致命的问题，全程小k自己都不明白母亲是什么意思，看孩子的状态都应该是最放松，还那么用力吗，是个人一见面讨厌管家也应该是碰到规矩才会讨厌，一见面就讨厌，这演技真的想女主进入了《禁闭岛》，不知道到底是女主疯了还是其他人疯了，说话声一直很小面对任何人都一样的语速，我真的不知道导演是想黑小k还是小k自己要求这样，美国人真的演什么都像个美国人
诡异又扑朔迷离的同人文，为了传递情绪把其它都变得不重要，全程我都觉得是小k在演一个去参加了一个化装舞会的女高中生，她自己很兴奋，但她就不是她。除了缩脖子这种不节制的动作之外，腔调也十分套路模板化，另外剧作又常常有意无意的提醒这是戴安娜的故事，令我十分不舒服。我只能说，如果戴安娜真的是这样，就不奇怪为什么皇室都嫌她了。整部电影里桌球桌前一场戏还不错，有台词的填充，有一个利害的施力者（反例是莎莉霍金斯自然无形的表演打得小K落花流水），让这个聊天变得好看且有意义。这部电影也是那种到处坐下来与人聊天的电影，但是没有真正的对环境加以表达与选择，从衣食住行着手，细节并不丰富，只有角色围绕这个话题的谈论，如此以来状态的表达就很贫瘠，最后那一段舞蹈合集看着和抖音合集一样。
你需要的是 爱，惊吓，欢乐
3.5适合全家一起观看～笑点什么都有，前半段更好，比商业片强多了
小k演的很棒～最爱的是丽莎饰演的虚拟的，代表所有关心戴安娜的角色
看前半小时的时候就开始在灵魂拷问自己为什么要看这部片。。。暮光女这不搭的气质加导演的谜之西宫娘娘烙大饼的幻想就不说了 这整个故事的内核真的好尬好没意思
剧本稀烂，矫情死我算了
对于毛骗团队我仍然是保持一个鼓励的态度比如这个剧看起来值个三星，但是我还是要给打到4星，毕竟小成本网剧的制作与发行难度是有目共睹的。希望导演和主创团队能够坚守初心，未来继续创作更多好剧。
我愿称之为《小时代圣诞特辑之顾里发疯24小时全记录》
Jackie是有机的，而Spencer像是一张粗浅的心理问卷。
远比被提纯的《杰奎琳》喜欢。当然某种程度上，也可以说是被惊吓的戴安娜，但精心布景的庄园和规矩方寸间，让小K神经质的表演合理了不少。
三天时间线的提醒其实是多余的，更多是对苦痛绝望的状态进行片段式堆积，直到濒临自杀前那段MV式蒙太奇才使得形式真正成立。小K除了英音之外感觉更多是在演自己，这个角色和她在后暮光时期聚光灯下的境遇太贴合。
其实我更想看黛安娜怎么就爱上了把她送入天堂的穆斯林富二代情人
斯图尔特终于又拿出了久违的“暮光之城”里的表演，令人怀念。
感觉是我的年度电影… very elegant 目前为止 my movie of the year 💛
架空故事吧，王室现在真的就被随便拍了😅。权利下的压迫感表现得确实蛮好的，但与现实差距实在太大，带来的真空感特别严重，很难让人入戏。
小K这个造型比本人美太多了..
同《第一夫人》如出一辙的拿腔作调，像极了被空气填充到极满却更为空洞的意识流小说。KS煞有介事的局促与神经质，都令全片更显虚有其表。谁能立即掐灭这位智利老哥的名女人列传梦？
Just run!
行吧⋯⋯拍一個厭食催吐遲到任性令人討厭的戴妃，出軌的又不是她，能不能給她留一丁點的顏面？講真後半部分變成了時裝秀我也是不太懂。
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