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.
作为系列收官作 还能玩点花样 让怪物和人类身份互换 实属不易 令我们见到了几个主要怪物角色成为怪物前的人类真身和真实性格 蛮有趣的 但从故事上 这一部回到了系列原初 重新谈起了德古拉对约翰尼人类身份的认同与接纳的问题 也搞了一把这几年流行的we are family 可以说这部电影对整个系列画了个圆 从角色刻画上终于达成了德古拉伯爵的最终成长 不过这一部还真是一如既往的闹腾 挺尴尬
德古拉超级萌 这女婿和女儿真讨厌☺️😅🙄🙄🙄
作为一部功能性动画，没有达到让我不动大脑傻笑的目的。故事太简单，脑洞太平庸。给观众以一种“我上也行”的虚幻自信。
没有最后那段说教就好了，明明最后的接力战很燃……btw这套表演方式实在是过时了，不想再看啦！
熟悉的配方，熟悉的感觉，并且整部电影其实有很多反转，包括在预告片里黑化的突然都洗白了（doge），包括结局，多少有些出乎意料，但是时光加长、剧情并未加长，快进看完。
剧情好无聊 笑点有 就是那种在电脑看也不会差很多 很傻逼 没注意看结果还看了个国语版
和在国内同期上映的另一部《The Bad Guys》都是全年龄向，且更特别照顾小朋友的观影感受，做了更强，更直观的剧情转折，故事思想直白化处理，从而舍弃了不少故事逻辑、角色的深入刻画，并且依旧是非常夸张和戏剧性的动画表现方式。但这部热门 IP 动画的系列大结局真的是不尽人意，几乎每一部水平都甚至难让人觉得原地踏步，让我有种“无所谓，稍微按照模版来设计下故事情节”配上好莱坞工业水平的动画效果就拿出来给观众看的作品。Jonny 我真的不想说什么了。4.8/10
怎么说呢，我觉得跟Freak Friday不一样的是，FF那里面的换位思维，确实是靠解释不行，体会了才清楚。
美中不足的是，本片在思想意识上较为杂糅甚至矛盾，你到底是支持改变还是支持还原呢？还有，本片的主题到底是探讨改变，还是探讨事物的两面性？
比起SP，电影版的案件以及推理过程还像那么一回事，当然，其间有一个致命的情感逻辑缺陷不能容忍（就是尸体换来换去，尸体的家人竟然可以容忍吗？）杉咲花比起剧集的两任女主更适合男主，中二、热衷破案且颇有天赋，演技也不错；西岛秀俊没有黑化很遗憾啊，坐在台下听女儿弹钢琴热泪盈眶，总让我想起《悠长假期》。
笑死了，根本没人在乎Mavis会不会跟Johnny在一起好吗？没有了酒店你们还继续拍个锤子啊？第四部动画设计已经正常很多了，但是太流水账太平庸了，笑点真的太老套了，所有角色都写的越来越烦。小朋友们千万不要吃烧焦的食物哦，会得癌症的。
个别演员的表演过于浮夸，好出戏……一些强加的笑点尴尬到爆，实在欣赏不来……莫名其妙的废镜头和废话太多，完全可以删掉的……
2022年7月16日观看。镜头切换太快了。
三观不怎么正呀!老丈人的遗产必须得给女婿继承么？哈哈～
女主超可爱的啊，而且演得很自然！！女儿长得好漂亮，画的粉色眼影好好看，太美555。道枝颜值低谷，累丑的时候拍的吧，包着头巾还不错，其他镜头我可以当没看过😂。
点开精灵旅社4时：四年了终于出新了！爷的青春回来了( ´▽｀)！
我带大宝一起去看《精灵旅社4：变身大冒险》！票价非常便宜，才20.9/张！
日本在电影和电视剧的界限一直都奇奇怪怪，冷笑话四联真的很难扛下来
又扯了一部来说这扶不起的弱智女婿，这价值观对男人的要求这么低，他什么都不好，但是善良又爱她，所以女主就欢天喜地生孩子送家产。也难怪那么多恋爱脑美女富婆找个提供所谓情绪价值的烂男，这就是吃绝户，太窝火
在影院和娃完整看完的第一部，当然娃还是催着要走的
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