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.
哎，真的是没必要，完全没有新意。黑客帝国到最后成了爱情片。经典系列又舍不得打太低。
虽然看不懂，但是我大为震撼，怎么能拍得如此烂。闹着玩的打斗，迷糊将军爱种草莓。黑客帝国终究没有逃过，烂尾的结局。
对世界挽留的刻画有点真实，大概来自导演的嗑药体验。本来以为会对被极右搞臭了的概念做点更新，也没看到。
因为期望极低结果感觉还蛮好看的hhh 像一个fever dream，而且比free guy要更meta+ callback傻逼行业巨头。很多镜头还是很搞笑又蛮漂亮，前面很好很irony，中期昏昏欲睡，后期不耐烦了。 /sfc w/m
无奈的续集，黑客帝国三部曲已足够完美，这一部就很多余了，动作场面没了袁八爷的指导显得没有亮点，只有时不时闪回的老三部场景能让老粉丝找回些许曾经的感觉。
5/10，多多少少有点儿掉价吧，通篇都是自嘲，唤醒尼奥就如同速成出一个新的，相同的流程重复的味道，一切都是基于对前作的重温，黑客的伟大在于open mind，激发新的概念，但在这里，nothing new，即使是新元素的设定也显得陈旧腐朽，这好像是一个新作，又好像不是，尼奥说的没错，似乎前面做的一切都没带来任何改变，一切回到原点，重新开始，还是那些人，那些流程，再不断进行重置和revolution，尼奥就是鲶鱼效应中的鲶鱼，刺激整个矩阵循环往复持续运行，黑客帝国也就此归于一部平庸的反乌托邦作品，最可怕的是好像还有后续，小乔演的挺好的，下次别演了，总觉得他对尼奥图谋不轨…
动作部分太灾难了，第一部的核心是武术指导啊！！！角色和段落都复制前作，还反复播放前作片段，突出帅哥迟暮么。看得我不仅不知道这一部在讲啥，也忘了之前在讲啥。
不是所有人都渴望控制，就像不是所有人都渴望自由。B-
好像电视剧的拍法，全是对话，全是正反打镜头毫无设计，光也是打的电视剧的亮光，一切回原来电影的画面才有电影的感觉。
狗尾续貂。就算是我最爱的黑客帝国与基努里维斯，我也得这么说
我们还在讲我们一直讲的故事，这次连人物和剧情都懒得去换。
lol 龟波气功波波波最后再来一曲最美不过夕阳红
怀念出道即巅峰的龌龊司机兄弟，划时代的《黑客帝国》三部曲加动画版已经完美闭环，足够反复回味。剩下的，也就《V字仇杀队》和《云图》很赞，其它都是在玩票。
东京火车乘客秒变绿眼机器人。
救世主都是妥妥的电池工具人。之前看过kuaizero老高的黑客帝国讲解被剧透了。矩阵现实世界就是被人工智能一代又一代的利用拟态来压榨电池工具人不断进行生态系统升级，其目的就是为了很完美的保护人类这个稀有而奇怪的物种。
高空人肉炸弹是什么鬼。
有生之年系列，似乎如来神掌是国际通用的最大杀招
Lana Wachowski's Contractual Obligation reboot/remake AKA 沃卓斯基兄变姐的non-binary变性之旅；有点尽义务似地去二刷了黑客四，没想到观感有了质的飞跃。这么一部沉浸世界的元电影，最好的体验方式肯定还得是去个生活中距离最近的元宇宙-电影院欣赏，尽管说大早上偌大的IMAX厅里，跟我一同接入插头的寥寥无几
友情分三星不能更多了，一个难有共鸣的中老年爱情片罢了，明知是烂片依然买了IMAX，从此我欠卓沃斯基姐妹和基努里维斯的电影票一笔勾销了吧… 真是各方面的“英雄迟暮”。就像，尼奥想飞，起飞5厘米后坠落被风（重力）带起的肚腩一样，又好笑又令人神伤（虽然我还是很爱很爱他）。以及，求求不要让基努里维斯谈恋爱了，太不合适了唉。小乔是史密斯算是唯一惊喜了。
很好。乱糟糟的打斗场面、并不精致的实景、朴实的用光运镜，都成为了表达。原三部曲就是作者电影，这部也是，只是作者自身发生了变化。
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