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.
布景好评 故事就算是严格遵守了北欧神话吧 实际剧情的逻辑就算了 感觉现在的观众已经不吃这一套了
北歐版哈姆雷特王子復仇記，最大的意思大概是在銀幕上第一次拍出了黑魂味兒，父親被殺和拿劍的那兩個跳段都太黑暗之魂了，男主就是一premodern版Apex英雄的bloodhound，決戰那一幕的地圖就是世界邊緣，牛逼o(￣▽￣)ｄ
北欧风极度浓郁，但是这些个情节就有点拖沓，有些东西也不好理解
The perfect render of ethnography and mythology, authenticity and outlandishness, OG viking black metal music throughout (!!) in the background and icelandic landscape in the fore. It just builds and builds and keeps getting better! I didn't know what to expect going in but came out mind-pretty-fucking-blown.
没想到其实是《哈姆雷特》的又一版变体。但我并不介意简单的故事，可问题是始终无法进入。这部不像格雷《星际探索》能感受到的作者性和商业妥协之间的撕扯，而似乎更像是艾格斯自己并没有太多表达欲望…光剩下起范儿了。同样作为《哈姆雷特》的变体，《黑豹》在王子复仇之外，还更深一层地探讨了归属感和文化的认同，是个人与历史的悲剧性结果，走得比《北欧人》要远。艾格斯既然已经在这个古典的框架中加了一个“反转”，有毒的母子关系、被迫生下的孩子等等显然也可以有更多深入的空间，结果依然还是直奔《哈姆雷特》而去了……这么一来就显得妮可基德曼以及各种北欧神话的“启示”在其中的作用多少有些尴尬，也很直给。既失望又感到可惜。如此一来，全程的关注点也就只剩下E大和妮可上一部还在演夫妻，这一部却演了母子这件事上……
视觉上再标榜先锋也无法掩盖陈旧的猎奇内核。经历了去年的《钛》和今年的《未来罪行》，我开始害怕自己不够变态而与电影艺术格格不入了。
拍出了北欧原始的野蛮，对哈姆雷特的改编并没有新意，命运的轮回，复仇的宿命，艾格斯一贯的影像风格对剧情的补充隐喻。粗暴的打斗场面拉低了影片逼格，即使场面宏大，也无史诗感。与安雅的感情戏不过是表达结尾的宿命，不如妮可基德曼角色直观，塞入太多想法剧本不够精炼，半成品电影。充当爽片观看尚可，远不如其他恐怖片。
年度十佳预定✅
我tm还特意下了个4k的 拍的真美下次不许再拍了
整体架构讨论关于命运和决心；但其中所填充的剧情连贯度不行，缺少细节上的铺垫
三星儿半吧，摄影占了大部分。skarscard的三角肌也太夸张了。而且男主的设定是early to mid-twenties? skarscard演这个也太勉强了。人们本来都是我很喜欢的人们
把手术和自残视为new sex，充满了性的符号，导演意淫的是有点恶心了。我总是不太能接受男性导演这样的视角·····台词、调度、部分演员的演技让人很出戏。
月夜下的驰骋、火光中的交战，在视觉上依然出色，并全然着迷于它所构建的世界；那里只有无尽的杀戮，也同样寄予遥望着信仰。无论是与《麦克白的悲剧》还是《绿衣骑士》比照（用经典、寓言装点这类），它都可能拥有更简单直白的讯息，并书写着它对所谓“史诗”和维京年代的理解。从《灯塔》和萝卜，再到Alexander Skarsgård与这里，或许演员们需要Robert Eggers，来激发他们的能量和另重鲜见的趣味。【《灯塔》后期望A24推画册剧本，这里是希望有设定集】
和《女巫》一样，她脱下了衣裳，但是在糅杂着北欧冰冷与野性肌肉的世界里，她的存在感实在过于稀疏与刻意。
文艺史诗与商业类型片之间徘徊，在莎翁哈姆莱特戏剧与北欧传神与神话之间横跳，絮絮叨叨的萨满仪式，宿命预言与自我意志选择的重叠挣扎，刻意长镜头还原场景真实，历史角度过于小单元，场面寒酸又难以实现全视野的情绪浸入，荒蛮之地想还原历史真实的美术感，就感觉太局促，还不如舞台剧的写意感给人的想象空间。所以想象中的维京冷兵器的铁血酷烈几乎没有，而且过多以宿命指引人物成长，在文学性上就没什么可读性，又没法像戏剧那样大段大段优美深刻的心灵独白，人物苍白，情节突兀。两个设定略有意思，一个是阿姆雷特不再是传统印象中的翩翩公子，而变成了熊狼巨汉，另一个就是母亲这个角色从戏剧中的软弱顺从者，变成了野心勃勃主动偷情怂恿弟弟弑君且追杀自己儿子的极富主见的蛇心毒妇，大概也是影射或致敬女权者。影片很沉闷，暗调肃杀荒蛮。不喜欢
演员里面估计也就一老一少，两个女演员（妮可·基德曼、安雅·泰勒-乔伊）还能让人印象深刻一点，毕竟所有的男演员，那个穿着，那个一脸脏，让人感觉，和野人的差距，也确实是不大的😏
大型Rammstein mv，岩浆上打架，不占个高地是什么样的后果已无需多言
相当有趣，甚至在一些单场戏里变成了某种具有荒诞喜剧气质的恐怖片。必须要承认剧作与价值观的老套保守，制片厂与导演撕扯的痕迹也足够明显，但电影终究是视听语言的艺术，Eggers运用艺术电影级别的调度搭载神秘主义与类型元素，最终达成了一种妖异的“美感”与“爽感”（尽管根据场外信息来看这也许是制片厂逼迫的结果）如果真的要靠所谓的“大片”把观众留在电影院，那我宁愿选这部而不是“三虫同框”
最新的一些艺术电影都像是一场行为艺术，戛纳成为了这个美术馆。
每天的战争场面已经够trauma，没事不要再到电影院受罪了。血腥暴力野蛮，如坐针毡，提前离场。故事无聊透顶。
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