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.
剧情太套路了，不过有些地方确实爽，芭蕾舞打架，戏虐欧洲历史，爽片
太尼玛烂了 看这一场翻的白眼比去年一年的商业片都多 腐国屈辱史 中青两代色诱疯批老毛子 女特务色诱美国总统 就问还有王法嘛 导演真够狠的 为了满足观众潮点 有主角光环的都能给写死 让俩老人肉搏 懂不懂什么叫尊老爱幼 一会儿喜剧人 一会儿1917 割裂感极强 调性都不一致 玩大杂烩但本子离谱就是这个后果 最后只有自己嗨 观众尬穿地心 求好好研究讲故事 少耍花招吧/求别再让乔治麦凯脸小生演大英小兵了 审美疲劳
英式精英主义有时候蛮烦，但扯扯蛋也还是有趣，拉斯普丁舞得真不错👍🏿 但可能反派太单薄，后面总能让人觉得无趣。另外黄俄孝子即使在海外都那么孝顺惊到我，这时代都把篡改历史的xxx当正史了凭啥不能玩弄下秃子？
王牌特工越拍越差 糊到地心就是这么容易 可能只有最后几十分钟值得看一下。
好吧 本来我也以为小鲜肉才是主角 带着主角光环穿过双方的枪林弹雨后 竟然被自己人误杀领了便当
有多喜欢第一部，就有多恶心这一部，何必要拍出来恶心人呢。
剪辑配乐以及摄影无可挑剔，尤其是前半部分，太爽了。
宛如刺客信条4里阿德瓦勒附体的大刀老黑；
本以为系列要走下坡路，结果意外的比第二部好很多。
娱乐性其实够三颗星，尽管远差于第一部，甚至差于第二部。然而披上所谓“娱乐”的外衣，并不能降低本片之愚蠢（或者无耻）：塞尔维亚民族主义者普林西普只是没脑子的走*狗；一战爆发全赖惹是生非的德国佬，我大英为世界和平操碎了心；男主一面怒斥帝国主义战争，一边费尽心思把俄美拉入一战挽救大英帝国；男主为杀死了反派拉斯普京黯然神伤，全然不提俄军千万士兵因此要留在战场上；最后敢情Lenin和Hitler是一伙儿的？那你拍个布莱尔和扎瓦赫里一起制造了伦敦地铁爆炸案，岂不美哉？电影里的带英绅士怎么说的来着？己所不欲，勿施于人？
拉斯·普京这个人物富有神秘色彩，应该是大BOSS才是。
电影很断裂，三部分就像拼凑而成，一part是成长电影、第二part是军事题材、第三part才是特供片。
救命，我以为那个光头是图齐大叔，谁懂……虽然一开始就看出来某人不对劲。另外，马修沃恩到底在干嘛啊？？？一枪崩了那谁？？（虽然但是，动作场面是好看的（回过头想想，的确是前半小时就wtf，整个一出恶搞
所以反派为啥可以控制几个大国的战略层，没有解释。为啥反派和手下们可以在世外桃源和各国的上班地点来回自由切换，没解释。
“金士曼万岁”
不太行。整个电影充满了割裂感。缝合怪的感觉。剧情也没啥道理。而且给我一种难以言喻的傲慢。
平平无奇，就俄国暗杀那段给我看笑了，神父舞姿是真不错，太斯拉夫了！强大又不失优雅，可比gay里gay气的英国绅士强多了，美国都有state's man了，整个俄味union‘s man不过分吧，就拉斯普京这样就行，干架就是苏卡不列一通舞。
又臭又长，历史戏说不够疯，借古讽今也没有，第一部的魅力一点点被耗尽。
黑翻了，连芬兰车站下车的伟人都一起黑了，不过，最惨的是Woodrow Wilson，尽然因为看Stripper跳舞就不敢参战，还能再黑一点么？！
反派组织利用美人计让美国总统不敢开战，这类间谍确实有过，我不得不说，这么强大的反派却被Oxford灭掉一半，而且这人还动不动就杀自己人，全程就是一个过渡电影，王牌特工3究竟想铺垫什么剧情，发起第三次世界大战？
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