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.
很神奇，几天过去了没有字幕组发熟肉。只好看了生肉，还好对白都挺简单的。电影质量距离诺丁山也就差了十个K歌情人。
设定虽有点意思但剧情实在是太老套。男主也比较难看出有何魅力，女主太漂亮多给一星。
太无聊了。。。二十年前就玩烂的剧情换了个性别
确实俗套，确实跟不上时代，像在看02年的东西，而不是22年。胜在Jen Lo绝美，啊，绝美。
非常老套和平庸，但是胜在轻松和对幸福的美好幻想，星期六的夜晚看这种电影最放松了。
娱乐圈文照进现实，还挺好看的，主要是歌儿都太好听了，每一首！都好听！詹尼佛洛佩兹不老女神，剧情虽然离谱不现实，但是比那些假大空的片好太多了。
今年的爱情片都好对我胃口！我太爱欧文威尔逊了！特意去翻了一下，曼哈顿女佣竟然已经是20年前的片子了，jennifer lopez看着还差不多哇。
两位50多岁的主演，演绎这种不切实际的浪漫事，怎么看都觉得差那么点激情。换Lady Gaga效果会更好吧，麦当娜找90后男配到是不违和。谁知道，总之是个俗套爱情。5
烂俗rom com 可是J. Lo也太美了！
JLo还是还是很有舞台魅力hhhh剧情没什么想说
我可能对这种浪漫过敏吧 这男的什么也没对这女的付出啊！这么丑还要洗脑 拜托那是格莱美哎！
再说比重塑人生好太多了。
cliche的爱情喜剧～电影的歌曲蛮好听的～
经典童话故事。没什么惊奇的，但是娴熟的工艺依然能把剧情顺畅地呈现出来，图个快乐。
女主詹妮弗洛佩兹没了解过，只知道和本阿福来客是情侣啥的，片中几首歌还不错，最后那首最好。男主鼻子怪怪的，像动过刀子。经纪人小胖是《月球陨落》里的。小女孩在《火药奶昔》里见过，八岁多学开车。
最喜欢甜甜的恋爱了。maluma好帅，甚至觉得他现实生活中也是个吃着碗里的看着锅里的那种人。里面有好多时间都在唱歌，maluma和jlo各自solo的两首还挺好听
虽然真的挺土的，但是有些对白确实还有点意思。另外J Lo真的好美啊！！造型也好好看，歌也好听，要啥自行车，可以了
不错的片子，熬过了前面的铺垫到结尾你就能够明白导演想要表达的不仅仅只是跨越生死之间的爱情了，还有你自己，正式自己的过去和灵魂。救赎自己，原谅自己与自己和解。
男主帶好友回家過聖誕，本來打算假裝是脫單對象，可是因媽媽找來了約會對象而告吹。豈知好朋友不只是朋友的表象，早已被全家人看了出來，全家人拼命要把男主跟好友湊成一對，只有媽媽要男主跟別的男人在一起。與此同時，男主跟約會對象又是喝聖誕調酒，又是滑雪親親，還來電到考慮搬回家住！好友原本聽了也給予祝福，然而聖誕節越來越近，怎麼可以只顧著約會呢？自然是待在家裡，讓家人製造跟好友相處的機會啦！兩人因工作意外之故，拍起了性感模特照，性感耶！怎麼可能沒感覺？！不過拍完後，約會對象邀約，好友也有事。眼看兩人要散會，全家人趕緊一邊破壞約會、一邊逼好友正視己心且採取行動！全家人助攻啊！後來連約會對象都推一把了！男主只好從了！弄假成真不好嗎？連片尾曲歌手都脫單了啊！麻煩把約會對象Luke Macfarlan讓給我吧！
只能说一般，什么号称现代版人鬼情未了，问题是女主竟然用的是最古老的冲晒房技术，我年轻的时候搞过，不好玩。都什么年代了，不要说这显得女主很文艺，放在二三十年前可能是，但是现在，我这个老阿姨都觉得匪夷所思，所以压根打动不了我。
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