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.
这些人凑在一起真的是，乱七八糟，毫不相容，毫不相干。
荣登最不喜欢的是枝裕和电影之冠，造作的剧情，矫情的人物，又是无血缘临时家庭的温情，是枝裕和也是被自己困住了，拍什么电影都一个模子，流水线产品吗？
iu演技太差了，眼神里没有光。整个故事情节也比较杂乱，真的有点水土不服啊。最后的结局也很狗血——女警察暂养了孩子。
羽星不是被抛弃的孩子，而是被守住的孩子。是枝裕和的电影世界里小家庭式的血缘亲情温和而又煽情。可能荧幕之外的世界太过险恶，电影里童话般的世界终究只是感动，无法共鸣。
当妈之后人真的会变，以前看，第一反应肯定是是枝裕和又在重复自己、IU接不住戏、剧本太圣母太悬浮……现在是天可怜见的、哭死我了、太心酸了，电影看完了还在惦念两个孩子的命运。只想说，是枝裕和稳住了人类情感的基本盘。
短评里好多说这是一部童话，来自是枝裕和的韩国童话。
为是枝裕和一如既往的温情多加一颗星。现实生活中这等故事情节怕是不会出现的，人贩子就是人贩子，绝对不会和货物产生羁绊。女主有点松冈茉优的感觉，姜东元是正常发挥，宋康昊和裴斗娜就是稳定输出。多给社会一些善意，那我们就会被回报有小确幸么？
镜头，音乐，演员都很好，可就是喜欢不起来。
其实素英这个角色很值得挖掘一下，这个电影其实聚焦的是母子关系，母亲和被抛弃的孩子，在“感谢你的诞生”这个桥段里，素英成为了所有人的母亲，这个抽象身份的完成其实很值得玩味，素英一开始是以一个绝对失格的母亲形象出现，到这里在其他人的帮助和要求下彻底完成了母职并进行了升格，很有意思。
have fun，谢谢你。IU确实不够分量，但是枝裕和元素还蛮有趣
可怜之人……
是枝裕和大概是我看过的最喜欢描述亲缘和家庭的导演了，有没有生命是不该出生的？是否一定要血亲养育？这样一个随便死了就死了的时代，本片未免过于美好和天真了，没有人是恶的，每一个微小的生命都被认真对待，被伤害了也在努力原谅，如果这世界真如此该多好。
在警察潜伏追踪途中，也看到了这一组临时家庭的默契与温馨，他们都有美好的结局。
不对味，一堆人各怀心思贩卖婴儿的黑暗人性故事，怎么拍成喜剧家庭公路片了，剧情突兀，情感突然，真四不像
不懂就问：《小偷家族》成功之余，一定要搞一个棒子低配版拉低自己的身价吗？
最想吐槽的其实是本片过于保守的价值观。
是枝拍韓片沒有水土不服，主題依然延續他一直以來探討的「生育」問題，可惜還是缺乏了對韓國社會的觀察，在他導演作中並不算上乘，但看完後又確實會被是枝的溫柔所感動，他永遠都能細膩地刻畫底層小人物的溫情，這也許就是我們愛是枝的原因。
1.IU灾难般的演技，扁平寡淡稀薄，这部电影讨论演技是不应该的。宋康昊值得一个戛纳最佳男演员奖，可是这部电影也太一般了，你说是静水深流的表演吧我看未必。只能说是东亚家庭道德困境的故事，应该从家庭的圆满想象中，转变为对每一个人的圆满爱护。
这个女警察的身份设定有点让人震惊，刚开始以为他背后有一些隐藏的故事，所以她也是被父母抛弃还是生不了？怎么最后就收养了羽星………然而并没有，就很神奇，包括东秀之前就是因为杀人蹲的监狱么？后来为啥又杀人…。嫖客的老婆找孩子要自己养也不了了之，很多情节交代的模凌两可
一个日本导演拍的韩国片，结果就是一部国产片。人人都有悲惨的人生，不喜欢这样的强煽。故意杀人就蹲了3年，这不是在开玩笑吧。唯一愉快的是看到了请回答1988的东龙和善英。
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