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.
不明觉厉，回想上次，还是柯南伯格的《欲望号快车》
走向未来？想多了，脑壳给你开两个洞
跟《钛》一样的大受震撼系列。Creepy.
陆陆续续看完了，我这低俗的品味，电影本身应该有些东西，但除了概念化真看不出别的了。
人体器官的增生是一种可以控制并且能在上面纹身的艺术，相当于身体艺术，一种内在美的表达形式。其中将手术解剖和性交绑定，是一种新型高潮方式。对内在美的着迷其实就是对于器官血腥的着迷，建立一个人类失去疼痛只剩高潮的世界，享受通过被人操控来寻找自我的世界。器官的变化带动了人类感知审美欲望和食欲的改变。还有一点应该就是探讨人体内部构造的这个如上帝般创造的完美机体是否可以自我进化或者受外界改变。对人体的操控和亵渎，像一场宗教，是一场罪行，用来阐述未来的罪行。
概念前卫，行为艺术的背景下对进化、人体和欲望的探索，但确实大可不必。还在期待些什么而电影就像突然熄火一样。
对80年代作品如Videorome的回归，献身于进化，献身于New Flesh。Saul Tenser此时更像一位圣人。
我本来还看出了点对当代艺术的讽刺，尤其是黑哥问自己腹上长包算不算艺术差点没给我笑喷，结果看影评大家又非常严肃地在解构电影，给我整不会了。btw我属实不理解为什么当众割肉当xp的人要鄙视吃塑料的人，这个鄙视链我整不明白
全员BDSM满级，艺个术毛毛，一肱肌不行就开始臆想肚子里cooking，元素特别简陋，废墟体，拼夕夕品质塑料模型道具，最后硬塞一个困扰人类百年的污染解决的简单粗暴方案的主线出来，艺术人的脑子里都装的是啥？
《钛》的威力加强版，重拾当年看《感官游戏》的恐惧和恶心感。柯南伯格的的确确有一套。
？？？等级不够，看得我好难受，并且很排斥…
我觉得这是千禧年后柯南伯格给的最直的一部作品了吧，把故事套去警匪片都可以，但主要核心还是肉体异化，这是最柯南伯格的地方，几乎可以让我忽略故事。完完全全的柯南伯格爱好大集合。
1. “surgery is the new sex”这个概念的提出令我相当佩服!
升级版《感官游戏》罢了，柯南伯格用老套路炒自己的冷饭而已，看完内心毫无波澜。小k全程气泡音而且仿佛得了五官多动症一样满脸抽搐；蕾老师讲话的感觉就像吃播网红，因为麦离嘴巴太近而不敢高声语；V叔，一个表面是艺术家背地里游走于黑白两道直接的双面间谍？那句“我对传统性爱不是很擅长”看得人疯狂发笑。
形式大于概念，到后来甚至觉得有些好笑，觉得符合人类装模作样又故作高深的浅薄。另外k在此片的感觉像是从暮色穿越过来的…
求求小k别再演戏了😭
跟《钛》一样的大受震撼系列。Creepy.
的。人有自由意志，人是有命运的。环境正是
可以质疑如此这般的“未来”，但一定要退回到现在甚至过去吗？
人之肉身在柯南伯格自省的晚期作品《未来罪行》里再度成为所有关于“人”问题的战场。倘若这真是柯南伯格的最后一部作品，那我们可以放心的说，他对文化史最大的贡献，正是把所有“人”的问题变为身体的问题。他在影片里的替身纠结的是意义创建的问题。艺术家用自己身体从虚无中创造出的本是意义不明的器官，本该报名参加器官选美大赛中“功能不明类”的角逐。而他的对位则看到了创作的功能性，特别是在进化史意义上。最后改变了饮食习惯的艺术家思考的并不仅是未来人类的食物来源，更是如何在这个充斥着塑料文化的时代变废为宝的问题。这是这位饥饿艺术家走向后人类时代的第一步吗？他最后为后人类流下的怜悯热泪里又有多少成分是自怜？我们都无从得知。
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