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.
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主题立意很高尚，但拍摄水平欠佳，很简单的剧情，拖了整整两个小时。话说印度这个神奇的国度，好像整个国家的男人一直都处于发情期，真是奇葩，但这也反映出弓虽女干在印度的犯罪成本是有多低，真是印度女性的悲哀……
蛮有意义的，但是这剧情和节奏真的不能忍，7分撑死了
3.5 立意大于电影观赏性。女性的反抗和发声，需要用16个儿童来威胁，才能引起国家的重视，实在是很无奈。强奸犯该死刑这么理所应当的惩罚，需要一个个曾遭遇强暴而毁了一生的女性去申诉创立，她们被轻视，被污蔑，被污名。而强奸犯却可以大大方方地继续工作，娶妻生子，多么可笑的不公。 任何一个文明的国家都应该支持强奸犯阉割或者死刑。
印度在用影视的力量感染大众优化法律，这一点和韩国类似
观感可以！音效特多！印度妇女被强奸的社会问题到了现在竟然还是问题！他们的血不是流向脑子，而是流向其他地方…看的是机翻版字幕，糟心。
作为电影的观感还好，在印度电影里全是节奏很好的。真正难得的是印度电影开始直面社会问题，来讨论来表达。片尾“据统计，在您观看这部电影的时长中，就有8位妇女被强奸”让人倒吸冷气。
模式化是唯一扣掉的一星，整体完成度还是很高的，但是从一开始就是印度套路的电影满满。再回望一下我们😏
非常努力地分次看到1:30,感觉后面肯定有包袱，但这部电影作为艺术品和工业品，显然都还差很大一点意思。
这部电影剧本完全可以被拿来当《误杀3》的母本。不过相对的妇女维权且控诉强奸罪行这一主题貌似也只适合在印度上演。电影主要赢在敢拍，诉求掷地有声，弱势女性站起来了。但是bug也不是一般的多。总体而言还是不错的电影！
导演的叙事能力很欠缺，拖节奏，情节推动很刻意，演员的演技也比较生硬。。。唯有的我比较喜欢房子的装修风格，带有一点温情的Casa Cook 侘寂风。
这部片不在于剧情如何，演技如何，它甚至可以垮得看不下去，但是这个结尾就是它最大的意义！“为女性发声，强J犯必须上死刑”！
主线是社交障碍的小朋友开发友谊和社交，支线是霸凌，网红，亲情，家庭关系，中年危机，移民问题，geek小孩，互联网巨头，用户安全，用户隐私，商业，公司愿景等等....太多了。所以整体很好，但大结局就差一口气，没立住
ps,这部电影中出现的印度女总理，强奸犯死刑，IC814事件均是真实发生过的，印度电影在纪念和反思历史，这真的值得学习，很有意义。
主题出得太靠后了，尽管转折非常有力，前面的叙事效率还是可以增进很多，以及摆脱不了一些花哨的镜头和过于理想化的设计。富人区的街景是欧洲不是印度，幼儿园的孩子全程高度的注意力，警方和gov处理恐怖事件的垃圾程度都令情节合理化不足；而女主出身顶尖阶层的人物背景也成为了个人英雄主义的注解，让这个社会主题更仰仗于偶然爆点而不是普适性的推进。当然我还是很欣赏三个女性角色的设置：优秀的年轻女教师、高龄怀孕的女警察和头发花白的女总理。虽然讨巧，但也体现了很优秀的性别意识。印度电影产业在社会议题上做出的努力值得一个Salute
我们有什么资格鄙视印度呢 至少他们的电影可以直视这个国家的阴暗 而我们却把扼杀在某个地窖里
女主角很漂亮，虽然情节有很多Bug，但是让人感动
电影拍的一般 高潮不够 但是敢拍出来就值得尊重
【C+】学校版的《迫在眉梢》，但相较而言用了更多篇幅营造悬疑和惊悚感，真实用意揭示得较晚，导致剧情推进不够流畅、过于强行，结局也没能有一泻千里之感。
女主真的很美，在电影中提案通过了，现实中几乎没有这个可能性。印度与现代文明简直是落后了几个世纪
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