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.
在ai统治人类变得常套化后这种乐观的想象反而变得新鲜。
9 我从来没在哪部作品中，听到过如此有感染力和共情力的插曲，
我说剧情后期怎么有崩的感觉 看了编剧一栏才发现 原来是你啊 大河内一楼
这样的魔法不会消失，会世世代代传承下去。。那就是心中的勇气，相信自己，家人间对彼此的关爱！✨ 💚
戳到我了 虽然很扯的剧情 但是太浪漫了！太浪漫了！！太浪漫了！！！
可能我老了，看这种主题是成长、和解最终合家欢的电影再也提不起兴趣了。画面高饱和倒是不错，剩下的基本没有什么记忆点了。两星半。
不懂为什么评分这么低，难道一定要有好人消灭坏蛋，英雄拯救世界的故事才能称之为精彩吗？我觉得这部是动画电影的一股清流，立意非常深刻。家庭内部的矛盾是非常复杂的，每个人都因他的天性、经历和视角的不同而难以互相理解。正是因为这样，出于爱的互相体谅，携手共进才感人至深。至于魔法，只是装饰品罢了。而且非常能看出迪士尼在女性主义上做出的努力，五星好评！
吉浦康裕和新海誠同時期開始拍攝獨立動畫，從視覺風格化的角度來說，早期「水のことば」等等比新海更具實驗性，挑戰了很多不同的表現手法，對於硬科幻的AI倫理主題的思考也更深刻。但可能也因此沒有像專注於「戀愛與跨越彼岸」等村上春樹主題的新海那麼早進入商業大眾視野。這些年下來，吉浦只有「夏娃的時間」等幾部作品，算是厚積而薄發了。雖然這次預告和主視覺一開始並不是很catchy，但在下片前去看了早場，完全有種中大獎的驚喜。刻意融合致敬迪士尼公主音樂劇的元素，還有對於近未來生活風景的描寫，還有出乎意料的轉折伏筆，有一種在青春校園故事中看到微型《攻殼機動隊》的快感。編劇有了「惑星奇航」的大河內一樓助陣，把寫實感抓得恰到好處。但也因為含蓄的佈局和宣傳策略，再加上疫情電影院的冷清，真是太可惜啦！
故事是很大的软肋，夏日友情天带出来俗有点脱不了了。纵然画面精致地每一帧都是艺术品，但结尾仓促又很好猜还没啥回味的点一下落入迪士尼式俗套。话说女主角可以停止时间并在众人面前唱一首歌，这难道不是超能力吗噗
勉强三星。人物造型还行。音乐没有记忆点但也过得去。就是故事太薄弱。
前四十分钟，一直在考虑要不要继续看，但看了诗音柔道练习那段，兴趣大增，最后结局真是感动我了。前面好些对话和镜头原来都是伏笔，真是一个让我感到惊喜的作品
AI都比人类感人系列·片里的AI简直智能超神了，大概是作者梦想理想中的场景吧，如果能实现的话真的是很赞，公交车AI驾驶简直炫啊！还有女孩的家中设备👍🏻！
优点的话只能是诗音了吧。啊，想要一个这么天然呆的元气女友啊，重点是外表文静的反差萌。还有爵士挺好听的。然后就没什么好话可说了。
特别喜欢空手道那首歌，有趣！！音乐上确实雀斑公主更好，但是这片子算get到了日式校园科幻动画的精髓，甚至是个暗线百合故事！！看到备份内容的瞬间我整个人都不好了（褒义
没什么新意，色彩缤纷的大合唱，想象力的看点就在各个角色的唱歌mv里，但歌曲也太多太长了😭全片唯一让我动容的地方是舅舅那个隐藏在墙内的孤单小餐桌
看了三分之一左右，睡着了，机器人女主这个设定真是，就差把“我是机器人”喊出来了，能不能稍微隐蔽一点。把这样的机器人投入校园实在是有够疯狂的。这片投入印度市场了没，我看应该挺对他们胃口的，反正大家跳起来就完事了。
220527：(续)这未尝不是一种有趣的宣传手段，比一个人坐摄像机前干说一大通强多了..
恭喜你啊迪宝宝，我再也不粉你啦！
剧情真的让我深感不适，但技术一如既往的优秀。
“我很幸福，诗音。”
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