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.
自家别家大乱炖可还行~就是真人2D3D混一起太违和了~
其实更像《无敌破坏王》+《谁陷害了兔子罗杰》
可以是看作这个时代的《谁陷害了兔子罗杰》，但并不代表本片有着后者那样的意义。不过是一次不甚出彩的模仿与重复。在如今，这样的特效水准或许有进步，但剧作竟远不及八十年代。
主线就是疯狂动物城，不过多种画风不同的人物杂糅在一起还是挺好玩的。（因为丑毙的被淘汰的索尼克居然再就业了23333）
Disney在炫自己的IP吗？这么多童年动画IP角色还有流行彩蛋~还有各种动画制作（包括3D化之后）的吐槽，恐怖谷效应啊，早期3D容易卡bug啊
连官方都吐槽剧情老套了，我还一直期待他们什么时候丢箱子
迪斯尼家底太厚了，随便来点，都是怀旧杀。
维度风格电影 有趣 二维三维定格cg真人大杂烩
形式很喜欢，还有好多有趣的彩蛋，一个大肚腩小飞侠成立盗版电影公司也太有意思了！
ip多版权多就是可以为所欲为啊，虽然最近几年大家都在卖情怀但我真的好吃这一套。就是2d和3d这种再加上真人真的好混乱。当然我爱死这种能在影片里寻找梗，要素太多好有趣。我觉得最直接梗就是我几个小时前刚看完索尼克2再看这个直接爆笑，迪士尼这回真的狠狠的嘲讽了盗版问题。
死老鼠！给我飞天德！给我罗杰！给我史高治！！！啊啊啊啊啊。冷静一下，整个故事其实还是很像罗杰那部，所以给我兔子罗杰，给我罗杰！！！
满分，强推！只要能接受此类画风！
Lonely Island继续影响着大厂产出，这一次各种IP的使用的确更加自然一些，剧本上多少有点简单，但是客串的有趣程度还是强于《失控玩家》这样的。
集合了非常多的槽点和彩蛋 南方公园的版权现在也在迪士尼了吗
很多彩蛋，多到爆的怀旧名场面，疫情当下的美好。
3.5。抱歉，有版权是真的能为所欲为的。AuntMan,BATMAN VS ET笑死。对迪士尼的作品并不算十分熟悉，只有大约1/4的梗能get到，其实对国内观众来说更熟悉的应该是松鼠大战游戏而不是动画了。
故事简单流畅欢乐，世界观设计不注重细节和合理。2D动画人物、3D动画人物、定格动画人物、布偶和现实世界人类都活在现实世界里，虽然所有物品都是现实的，唯独角色的衣服是2D还是3D是跟着角色走的。//大量IP彩蛋。3.5
这个片子很可惜，如果二维角色都是手绘的效果会好很多。现在的三渲二技术完全没有手绘的韵味
我现在看来更像snl化发展吧
What a surprise to find Rick & Morty, even Big Mouth in the movie!
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