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.
我兜兜转转，最后还是回到了原点。
看了简评，才看的此片，值得一看鼓励，要放开了做，会更好。
分镜不错，武侠的意境出来了，但是剧情过于老套，人物设置缺乏新意。
动作戏的招式设计、镜头调度放在真人功夫片中也不逊色。故事很简单，但江湖氛围营造的不错。
枕刀歌11=番外篇1：绝情剑（剑叔的过去。）
讲好故事的同时还留下了什么是太平盛世的思考，国漫现在真的是越来越好了！
8分。不要被看似廉价三渲二的人物和僵硬的面部表情劝退，这其实是一部动作戏精良的武侠动画剧《枕刀歌》的前传。前半段极其优秀5星，后半段剧情走向差点意思3星。整体平均分4星，较剧集版略差。此系列武打设计和运镜剪辑，国产武侠电影的巅峰(包括真人电影），期待第二季
电影将时间重新倒回到2003年，几乎每一个场景都似曾相识，而正是这些生活中最简单的场景使本片迸发出了强大的感染力，为观众还原网络时代到来前的生活。全片都在讨论芳仪对美国的依恋，其实何尝不是童年经历过成长环境变化后得的极度安全感和爱的缺乏呢。细节掌控力上秒杀瀑布，林嘉欣才是影后，但是很可惜结尾的结构还是有很明显的问题。印象最深的还是姐妹俩坐在雨中的树下，远方的未来，似乎看不到影子。
真没想到国内能做出这样的动画，台词简洁明了，剧情可圈可点，动作戏更是贯穿整部影片的最大看点。比那些大圣、哪吒什么的好太多。国内有才华的导演并不多，而且有不少偏偏没什么才华靠着拿古典名著骗情怀的。但幸好国内有本片这样的动漫，算是一股清流，既然是有诚意的动漫，当然要支持！
虽然我无法感受到异国归来的不适，但是那种家庭争端和相处模式却异常真实。
文戏太弱了，但武打太爽了，反正是我看的武侠动作最精彩的了。不费脑打够一小时给你看！
三渲二的习作？不会是用Blender软件做的吧？美术、画工都不错了（当然还有不小提升空间），尤其值得一赞的是打斗场面的处理，运镜和节奏都相当带感了，不过说到故事嘛，就...
动作设计五星，动画四星，剧情三星半，四舍五入给五星！
剧情略显老套,武术指导满分,反派的断刃插入那面墙,随之死而坍塌!可坍塌又何止是墙的本身?将伪善、人性的恶再次放大让男主不免后脊发凉,救的世仍是一个无可救药的趋炎附势!主角人物过于扁平而不及反派塑造的立体,于乱世中不为私有理想有城府,洞悉人性,平衡之道!罗通杀西门,却又成为西门;如同何方知寻仇,成为下一个罗通...
没想到一部动画电影 让我找回了小时候 看武侠电影的那种久违了很久很久的心潮澎湃
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一直“吵架吵架吵架，不爽不爽不爽，想回美国想去大陆，我生病了我好脆弱好敏感世界抛弃我了；大人们都不懂我都是傻逼只会吵架；赚钱养家好辛苦还老是被说，我好难”
多么行云流水挥洒自如的动作设计，多么义薄云天快意恩仇的江湖豪气。没有善恶，只有立场，人物主题均处理的高级。“这乱世一口饭要用黄金万两来换，一滴水的欲望要用一碗血来偿还”，好久没见到这么好的台词了
台词和打斗很好，剧情很差，反派的理想莫名其妙，江渊的转变也莫名其妙。
介乎于好与一般之间 相比起来 「姐姐」当时看的时候颇为惊艳
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