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.
有个更通畅剧本就好了。
同样珍贵的是，故事的最后，他们的命运没有因此改写。
3.5分，本可以更好的，可以琢磨一下剧本。
也许天台上阿娟整夜独自起舞，迎来曙光丢下狮头离开，转而捏着车票想要去更大的城市去挣更多的钱，那个背影才是抹杀了心头自小种下梦想种子后，背负现实生存的无奈和解脱。总有人教我们长大，要让你我像他们一样读书考学、封妻荫子、买房买车、养老送终，也许这世代相传的规则没人逃得出它的桎梏，不论你愿不愿意。可是读书后为什么要让你我知道，世上有那么多美好而遥远的梦想，一旦生根就会让人不顾出身、不顾生存去追寻，出身底层、穷困潦倒、咸鱼一条，可怀着的终究是那个想要翻身的梦，直到它的肥皂泡被现实残忍戳破，我们才千疮百孔地放下，或许还是自欺欺人的无奈，那是算了，就是算了。本片技术、色彩、分镜、配乐都无可挑剔，剧本也是常规套路的继承，唯有那股真实真诚是动人的点，我们终于不必看什么妖魔鬼怪、谈情说爱，普通人的追梦，足矣。
国产动画片里第一次见到这么直面现实的题材。留守儿童、工伤、没有兜底的社会结构，影片全都直接面对。上一次看这种关注底层生态的院线电影都不知道是什么时候了，真没想到会在一个动画片里看到这么真实的生活。剧本虽然工业化，但这个所谓的小人物励志史不过是一个一生都被压抑也将被一直压抑的的人，短暂拥有的美妙的那么一刻而已，而且是建立在一个非常现实主义的背景之上的。已经很克制了，它有很多机会给我们卖惨，但每次都只点到为止。但就只是点到为止也已经让我和键盘从头哭到了尾。一开始有点不确定为什么广东的题材用的都是闽南系的乐队，但确实合适，这些本来就很棒的歌居然还被又升华了一轮。女性角色虽然很可惜都还是被沦为辅助类的角色，但确实至少没有被物化。看完这个居然唯一能想到的是什么丑化中国人的人不但没脑子，还没有心。
这种类型不是太吸引我，前半段节奏有点太慢了，有很多水时长的镜头，笑点我也不是太能get。后半段去打工节奏起来了，最后的决赛挺好看的。动画做的很好，流畅有质感，美学也很好。
剧本真的...好烂啊，而且音乐未免铺太满了吧
但他曾在波涛中畅游的姿态身影，
剧情的可预测性很强，有一些略尬的地方，但第三幕的燃，够4星
喜剧元素是港流反刍，可贵在情景写实落地。
没在故纸堆里挖童话，人物造型不再模仿日美漫画。
节奏从开头就保持情绪渲染的力度，每一段小幽默调节虽有部分遗憾，但整体保持一致性与流畅性，不在中后段过于拔高煽情力度，初赛和决赛小反转成功反套路，力道收放到较短波动内。
21世纪最好的中国动画片，因为只有它能完完全全撑得起中国两个字，从骨子里弥漫着一种如青松般的劲头，不惧一切地向上爬，不惧困难地疯长，从一颗种子长成枝繁叶茂。三个舞狮的少年，别认，你别认！
阿娟进城后的第三幕，极好，结尾狮子下山，佛光普照，在一个能看见东方明珠的宿舍里，继续打工生涯，爽利，有毫不拖泥带水的信念感，像《八英里》里battle胜利的Rabbit
真的没啥国产商业片这么有看头了。情绪克制，细节到位，主题伟大，摇滚配乐加分，不能错过的国产动漫。
平庸的剧情，仍然是“不管多屌丝，只要努力，就能成功”的鸡血路子。
前半剧情拖沓，台词尴尬，国产喜剧什么时候能摆脱把恶心当有趣🤢动作场景制作精良，天台起舞非常浪漫，配乐很有特色，所幸有一个坚定有力的收尾
我不懂为什么有人会觉得女阿娟是白岩松贩卖成功学，雄狮大赛夺冠也没能让男主走向成功啊，最后还是去了上海打工住在破宿舍里。下回点评之前麻烦看完全片。
本自来黑就要跟“自来水”硬杠了 形象就是刻意 就是丑 剧情就是没逻辑就是主角光环 比较意外的倒是这主角光环竟然用到比赛完就没了 可这也不意味这就是现实主义 依然肤浅
五条人，椅子乐团，九连真人的歌恰到好处的响起。真是太棒了！
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