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.
印度版战狼神剧
手撕英国鬼子！这分镜+特效怎么把动作戏拍的那么帅啊！！不过印度特色歌舞还是很搞笑
印度队长与夏日战士，这不比漫威爽，开挂还得是印度片
野兽乱宫，丛林战，合体战，哪怕是双男主在水底建立友谊前的大跨步，每定格，这肌肉美和荷尔蒙的气息啊！！巴霍巴利王的导演出手果然不同凡响，也就他，三小时的双男主大爽片拍到连一个尿点都没！！！加上印度殖民地时期的故事背景——“让每个人手中都有枪，这样他们就能回到自己的国家。”整部电影的立意也上了一个台阶。
#小两口的午后影院
印度电影真的是艺术太高于生活了😅😅😅不过好在“逻辑自洽”
前1.5小时，双男主剧情，英军的残暴，适时的歌舞，毕竟是印度反抗英军的真事改编，还挺不错的。五星
能看懂，并且大为震撼。属于在大银幕上运筹帷幄的那一类商业巨擘，缺点都是淳朴而真挚的，但群像呈现和剧情流畅度均逊色巴霍巴利，再说一遍巴霍巴利牛逼好了。
我来组成头部，我来组成臀部！燃爆了！中国学习一下。牛逼到根本不需要讨论剧情。
我真的是蛮爱看印度史诗片的，但是这部真的拍得太！浮！夸！两位男主反人类人体极限，千军万马独取上级就罢了，他是以一敌百。甘古拜妹子连演两部大片，奠定印度新生代第一小花地位。另外拉朱还是野生长发的比较帅，油头不OK。毕姆弄死总督两口子，白人小姐居然还能兴高采烈地和他握手？我不解……
印度哥俩大神附体，还需要等什么甘地，1870年就能手撕英国鬼子，打到伦敦建立印度斯坦日不落帝国算了
虽然套了个凯奇演自己的壳，但本质上还是个中年危机电影，拍得太规整太意料之中了，哪怕学点《波拉特》或者《我仍然在此》，稍微玩得疯一点，而不是嘴炮式的小调侃，这部片可能会成为神作。
俗烂的凯奇 VS 逗逼的凯奇 VS 进击的凯奇。不想做救世主的落魄影帝不是合格的间谍，不想做艺术家的极道大佬不是合格的厨子，木有基情迸发的桥段不是好故事。明面上是一本正经的自我调侃+情怀粉电影，骨子里用的还是喜剧版《飓风营救》的老梗。海报设计与同期上映的《瞬息全宇宙》鸡血拼刺刀。对于凯奇大爷而言，只有烂片没有烂演技，真的。最后，凯奇大爷究竟曾经欠了多少钱......
关于印度的一切都是听来的且偏负面。但是对待“电影”，我觉得他们还是相当认真的。有很多需要我们学习的地方。
时不时给你跳个舞 但是歌曲挺好听的 舞跳的也很有意思 第二方面就是你觉得很离谱吧 但是他有一种美国超级英雄大片的感觉 假也假的很符合剧情 第三就是宝莱坞的特效 没想到已经到了这样一个程度 值得国产电影产业反思！ 8/10分
如果这部电影引进内地，片名请记得叫《犇犇犇》
故事挺俗但观影体验还不错？各种调侃自己&迷影烂梗，不允许这么说《卡里加里博士的小屋》哈！最后淡出银幕的处理挺像《瞬息全宇宙》，海报也好像，商业片同质化……？【恭喜凯奇喜提水仙，当然故事基调也挺给的（x）】
印度版抗日神剧，不对，抗英神剧，不过特效不错，画面很美，歌舞也好看
（当然一些动作剧情很夸张）
印度人民最庆幸的是碰到的是英国人，如果换成俄国人和日本人，印度现在应该没有印度人的存在了。
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