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.
贺岁档最佳是这部才对啊！除去用得有点过的配乐问题，故事起承转合都很工整，有些地方的高光甚至让人忘了这是导演的处女作，每一场饭桌戏都非常有意思，好多台词越品越妙，三位女性角色各有千秋真的每个都好喜欢，可惜我费被这么个吐槽法哈哈哈
人在广州，看了想即刻马上回上海。五小时后白云到虹桥的票只要270，说走就走。
在小皮匠门口，镜头有给到一对男性牵手的局部画面。男男女女这些事，又有什么不能说呢，睡了又如何，离了又如何。
8 女导演多好，能拍出女性的可爱。老早关注她的微博和公众号，会看到不少自嘲的梗，小资和精致在最后无聊的思悼观影会上消解了大半，传护手霜那段我太喜欢了哈哈哈。感觉音乐很一般，没跟上剧作。
本来以为是中年男女的爱情，结果却是老白与老乌的爱情。话说还是挺吃这一套。烟火气。
作为一个你生活的地方
杂货铺与咖啡店，房客和小皮匠，小资情调之下，接地气才是本质；弄堂洋房与阁楼亭子间，毫不避讳又自然流露。上海本土生活细节的还原度高，演员本身的气质也与角色的特点相符，就连两位妈妈角色都运用得很真实。圆桌离婚局，话里有话抛砖引玉，三种不同身份的女性之间的平衡和尺度过于玄妙。男男女女，情情爱爱，真真假假，淋漓尽致。
重点在于展示出了一种不被传统羁绊的新的中年模式。
好看啊，文青最喜欢的那一卦，灵，有腔调。几个细节：
唉，中年男人的困顿看得自己难受。爱情确实没有神话，友情一定有。配乐太考究了，没有想到之前打了个低🌟的八仙饭店，在电影里插入这么好听。
爱情神话真的太灵了！
很喜欢，尽管是个神话。影片没头——爱情开始，没尾——强行写死；中间倒是一场精彩，真是把上海人和现代化爱情玩明白了。除了那些浓郁的小资情调，第一段餐桌戏真棒。对我来说，缺点是过于段落化，不够流畅，时间线一掐就是黑幕；配乐很好听，但是总感觉出戏。
超出期待！灵的灵的！非上海人都觉得上海话变可爱了！笑点泪点都有！拍出了中年人的现实爱情，希望国内爱情电影都按这个标准来！别给我们看一些白痴爱情电影！
蛮好的，这种电影就像痒痒挠，能让你舒服了就是灵。个人没有特别喜欢，但有趣的是观影的经历。本来是吃完饭去商场随便逛逛，这部电影准备明天看的，结果发现有票，于是一拍即合，立刻买票进场。稍微错过了开头的五分钟，但也无妨。从某个角度来说，倒是蛮需要这种“上海视角”的爱情喜剧，但同时正是因此，整部电影呈现的质感更像是某部剧的几个片段。个人喜欢结尾，是本人最喜欢的荒诞感日常。能这样收尾真的是，配上里面的几个片段，导演的迷影感和剧本的平衡性，才是当下国内导演所稀缺的。
敬友情/敬无常/敬生命中每一次的分离/敬忘却/敬衰老/敬无垠的宇宙/敬可怕/敬遥远的旅行/敬背叛/敬认知/敬第一次学步和第一次心动/敬规则/敬秩序/也敬混乱和老无所依/敬谎言/敬誓言/敬岸上的幸存者和骄傲的白鹅/敬守护者/敬失意者/敬真诚/也敬贪婪/敬歌星/敬舞者/敬老学究/敬看客/敬老狗/敬所有人吧/敬谁都好/敬恒星/敬行星敬天杀的黑洞/也敬吵闹的流星/敬卫星/敬尘埃/敬不值一提的矮行星/敬一闪而过的彗星/敬老板/敬侍女/敬星河旅馆/敬我们自己
段子集合很好笑，在这届年轻人眼里人到中年和工作就是生活之重了，写出了一个sitcom版本的理想梧桐区
拍中年人的没有那么“纯粹”的爱欲，很轻盈很聪明。名叫“爱情神话”，但电影中含爱情量又不高，跟普通人生活中“生活/爱情”的配比量差不多，由此电影的格外落地，不悬浮，真。导演私自夹带了一些元素：“红拂”杂货店、“夜奔”酒吧、“艺辉国际学校”，卖电子烟作为艺术从业者的副业，一个山西人迁移了自己与男友在上海旅居的经历用于创作，十分“私房电影”了。尤其喜欢最后聚众看碟的场景，大家先是正襟危坐，而后昏昏欲睡肚皮饿，揭示的真理是：爱情固然有神话性，但它亦兼有瞬时性，留不住太久的才美丽。导演在学校里学习、欣赏的就是费里尼的《爱情神话》，然后这么学院派的一个高贵的名字配上这部一个如此生活世俗的内容，十分有张力，四两拨千斤，就像好学生交出的一份模仿大师的优秀习作，结构精巧，工于制作，也能看出导演身上的大师天赋。
5.缺点：插曲有点多，虽然好听，用的不是特别自然，尤其后半部分有点密集，为了用歌而用歌
最近讲生活爱情的，已经不再讲单身+单身，也不是单身+离婚，而是进化到讲离婚+离婚了。同期还有《小敏家》。一线城市，对离婚和不婚的女性是草原，对结婚的女性简直就是炼狱。
没有看到爱情，看到了友情有多美好。 友情确实是人生最重要的东西，为朋友们干杯🍻
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