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.
战争片也可以用水墨画质感来表达，不用一味地强调爆破大场面，喜欢这部影片的中式表达方式，致敬先烈的同时视觉也有享受到。
充满水墨质感的一部战争电影，独特的美学风格让人不自觉重新审视战争片这个类别，原来还可以有这样的呈现方式。
能把虽然史实上未必准确但是情感渲染很好的原著拍的这么流水账也是一种本事
虽然想用两个多小时来概括副长在乱世壮丽的一生实在是有一点太赶了但是，，
普通人面对生死抉择时的那种矛盾感在影片中被很好的展现出来，其实这也是这部电影的一个重要议题吧。
黑白彰显残酷，水墨氤氲希望，观影体验一级棒！
近三年命题作文里的满分作文。平静，真实，尊重人性。
这部影片的审美真没话说，就很高级，每一帧都是大片质感，用这种全新的表现手法描述一场战争，说实话还真是第一次看到，新鲜感爆棚。
用文艺片手法拍摄的战争片，显得有点不伦不类了。
缺點是鳥羽伏見之後的段落很像流水帳，而且戰爭場面表現得並不好，有虎頭蛇尾的感覺。
战争片也可以用水墨画质感来表达，不用一味地强调爆破大场面，喜欢这部影片的中式表达方式，致敬先烈的同时视觉也有享受到。
残酷的战争年代，信仰是一个军人内心的终极关怀，自我意志则是他们抵达信仰的路径。
有些人表面上是萨摩的西乡隆盛，其实是新选组的近藤局长。
看到片尾的挺进师阵亡名单，心情久久不能平复，可能很多人不知道“挺进师”，但我有幸去参观过挺进师纪念馆，看着馆内资料和文物，真的很触动，因为有他们的巨大牺牲，才能坚守住浙南革命阵地。我辈真的要致敬这些平凡而伟大的革命英雄为我们换来如今的幸福！
这才是真正的战争片，身处苦难中看不见世界的颜色，黑白灰彰显庄严，但也暗含绝望，当那场血雨来临，希望也随之来临，世界将在革命先烈的守护下恢复五彩缤纷！
大面积的黑白撞色营造出真实的年代感，眼睛里看到的是烟雾缭绕的山林，脑海里同步想到的是战争的残酷和冰冷，体验感双绝。
在很多拍摄手法上都跳出了传统战争片，但内核还是一脉相承的。很大胆，挺不错的。
暑期来临，希望更多年轻人能走进影院观看这部电影，浙西南革命精神振奋人心，应该被更多人看到并传承。
这部影片着眼于弘扬挺进精神，表现手法非常有新意，审美高级令人耳目一新，美学战争片实锤。
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