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.
ZS版面世，分明是疫情逼出来的，非要说是粉丝的胜利。没看到该上院线的电影都被华纳坑成网大了吗
在釜山电影节上看的，以为会是四川同乡会，没想到有好多韩国人。四川方言➕韩英字幕➕第一排的我，内战开始时候睡着了，文革时期醒的，谢谢电影清晰的时间线。
从电影开始第一秒的激动，直到结尾最后一秒的感动。感谢这三年来参与导剪运动并付出的每一个人，而扎导无疑是那个最勇敢的人，他集结了我们，为心中真正的JL而奋斗。虽然这不是一部完美的电影，它依然有着些许瑕疵会让人感到遗憾，但它向世人证明了2017院线版的诞生就是一个错误，证明了ZSJL是足以载入漫改电影史册的作品。欢呼吧DC粉，我们看到了希望，勇气与信念始终印记在我们心中。
8.0/10 分。初看，4小时导演剪辑版。以前看过剧场版的。超人还是这么牛逼呀。。。闪电侠好逗比，开始跑步的姿势好搞笑。。。来龙去脉交代得很清楚了。。。其实应该先来几部电影交代主角的。。。其实我就是想知道，“达克赛德”能和“灭霸”一战吗？哈哈。。。
9分太扯了，3.5⭐。DC没布好局，妄想剪辑2小时口碑片，这类电影至少2.5小时起步，扎导退让到三小时。好奇扎导影院版会什么样，导演剪辑版不能作为补救措施，难道以后看完影院版再看导演剪辑版？
原版真的细节满满又充满激情，尾灯版能剪成这样，已经不错了
小邱福戏谑似地唱出我们小时候唱的绕口令—“我不吃鹅蛋我不变鹅，鹅鸡鹅鸭鹅脑壳”，内心深深地被感动。如果那只站在轰炸之后废墟中茫然失措的鹅是我们，童谣好似成真，也只有化身成鹅的我们才能又进入那段风云变幻的历史。个人不是历史的人质，画地也可以不为牢，那是筑起防线，坚守底线。掏粪也好，乞讨也罢，任何恶劣的环境下都有选择，只不过看我们会不会选。邱福选了他的道路并走到了底，喝了孟婆汤这一生无惧也无悔。（太阳出来喜洋洋那段也太好听了
一部聪明沉稳，极具独特艺术风格的个人史诗。
有些冗長，但是背景與人物的變化環環相扣，審美到位，不錯！
比复联好看，既然复联8.5，这个只能9了，
我三生有幸可以在大银幕看到这个本来已被埋在深渊中的电影，这个DC的电影，这部传奇的电影。我知道他有很多缺点，但是我更知道这次来之不易的胜利的份量。他承载着粉丝的期望，爆棚的期望，我有幸参与其中，和大家一起圆梦。
我常常想，电影的结尾有没有一种除了大梦一场之外的形式，但好像也很难。除了写个隽永的结尾带点梦幻，和现实连上，就是告诉观众，这里结束了，你该醒了。本片在它自身是很完整的，只是我一直在期待着更多！更多！小丑戏本身就不承担那么多别的东西。所以唯一一点遗憾，可能就是椒麻于内于外都太完整了。
操拟吗 扎克施奈德 老子四年青春的等来的就是这个吗！操拟吗
扎导冷峻风完全版，增加一半时长，内容丰富度却不像4h版，燃点依旧不足。小闪逆转时空关键一手最酷，不义联盟和火星猎人出场彩蛋才是看点，不是绿灯侠可惜了。
这部片子已经不单单是一部电影。更像是一趟等待了四年的朝圣之旅。虽然更像是一个给可能再也不会开拍的正连2、3的超长预告片。片子本身除了长没啥大毛病，但剧情没有什么关键的修改...还是有点期望落空的感觉的。另外，建议与钢铁之躯、正义黎明一起食用，这才是野心、才是DC... ...
It's time to rise!!!
我现在应该还是上头状态，非说缺点就是所有的城市看上去都很哥谭以及没入戏前慢镜头真的很难熬。没看前以为时长会难以忍受，看完后反而觉得不够。Anyway I really really really luv it.
他们枯燥乏味，是生存在新教伦理的理想人物，除了亲情爱情、父子情、姐妹情、崇拜之情的基本种类以外，情感分寸没有把握好，刻板僵化，只成为身份认证和抓手，而全片更多情绪情感的细节完全不在场，许多对话堪称稚嫩和淤塞。
周而复始话沧桑
就凭美学成风格这一点来说真的就已经很让人尊敬了。炯炯在这部片子里想谈论的东西很多，有点想要一网子一网打尽的意味，导致有那么点散了，微微冗长。
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