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.
镜头语言真好，很多地方的摄影角度看的让人压抑不安。剧情故事我是似懂非懂。雅典真好看，男主真抗揍黑人血统就是牛。没了
【4】撑起这个电影的是演员阵容，以及某种程度上对于希腊人文风情的展现。但综合来看，最终分数可能还是会不及格(低于6.0)。【5】一看到Boyd Holbrook就觉得他演的角色不是好人[笑哭]。
原以为还有阴谋露面剧情反转让人物立起来让故事饱满，结果看完就一个感觉——浪费我110分钟时间！
即使有希腊的异国风情加持，作为动作片显得节奏过于缓慢，镜头是文艺片的拍摄手法而没有动作惊悚片的紧张感。导演的文艺片属性看来改拍动作片有瓶颈
竟然是彻头彻尾的大制作，最后成品这样就也不知道该说啥。
Ferdinando Cito Filomarino。坂本龍一配樂。約翰大衛華盛頓帶著比《天能》主角更好的身手，來演一個搞不清楚狀況的美籍中產旅客大叔，神擋就不小心殺神，佛擋就不小心殺佛，一人幹翻整場複合性陰謀，類《北西北》式的『一不小心拯救世界』，帶著這種惡趣味看會覺得這部電影很有娛樂性：到底為啥這個美國死老百姓這麼強運又能打，可能要理解他的爆發有一種贖罪動機，恐怖分子很不巧地惹到一個愛人過世，需要找點東西轉移注意力／完成未竟之業的路人，這樣講的話可能也可以像希區考克電影一樣用精神分析去解。語言隔絕身處險境。有點不靈光的鏡頭語言。風景漂亮，攝影的色彩表現不錯。Vicky Krieps 很正（在這部電影裡）。
合格的政治惊悚 普通人卷入跨国阴谋 最后成功脱险 没惊喜 也没意外。小华盛顿惨到极致 死女友 挨枪子 挨打 挨刀子 最后总算是揍回来一点。这选片嗅觉不错 能继续这种路线 再减下脂 就有望接棒今后的主流黑人动作片了。记住一句话 流落希腊不可怕 一句Μαλάκα行天下。
人在异乡的不安和巨大变故后的悲哀都有了，但和同类型的《亡命天涯》《无处可逃》比起来散漫得像一部旅游观光片。
不知道是否是故意营造出小成本制作的质感，紧张气氛渲染也不够，阴谋描写也浅尝辄止，最后戛然而止，有点无聊。
【6.5】被追杀的原因还是太过牵强了，交代得也不清不楚。但作为逃亡片氛围感还是营造得不错的，观众比较有代入感，前两幕还是很能抓人的，到第三幕开始逐渐崩坏。
刚开始不明所以，怎么突然就杀起来了呢，遇到双女后剧情明朗了，但希腊这么小吗？总能在特定的场合碰面，大使馆白人好帅，其实编剧很厉害的，故事大纲是有的，也很合理，就是导演和剪辑一般了
找领馆就够蠢了你还离开领馆送死 后面是怎么回事 一命抵一命？孤胆超英模式？呆梨人也有这么幼稚可爱的价值观吗？
最后跳楼那段 我想说兄弟 你不是在拍信条啊
厄运从男主的疲劳驾驶引发的车祸开始，男主不停地在被追杀中惊恐逃窜，最后总算反追杀成功。男主一脸的惊恐疲惫与懊悔演得真不错，导演也很钟爱地给他许多许多的近景大特写，鼻涕口水汗水尘土啥的满脸都是，演得挺真。又见到了薇姬克里普斯，那位在《魅影缝匠》中跟老裁缝谈恋爱的高个子女演员，那种温暖的气质一直都在。
一路看一路奇怪为什么现在的电影配乐这么没有存在感 看评论说是请教授配乐的 再一看 坂本龙一
坂本龙一的配乐增加了这个普通故事的紧张感。所以还是要请得起好的配乐。
看片明以为是惊悚片。主线男主为了救小男孩儿，顺便报仇？ 无缘无故被卷进党派纷争，大使馆也不帮忙，太无助了🥲
叙事上的克制非常难得，点到即止让它成为了今年难得的一部佳作，也提高了观众欣赏的门槛，毕竟，多少还是需要了解一下希腊这些年的社会背景更好。
喜欢用一个人的肉身对抗大命题的设定，受伤挣扎逃命都有了更好看的意义。
希腊城建这么差的哦，看男主疲惫笨硕的胖腿，仿佛要摔倒一样慢腾腾，却每次都能被后面的大长腿追不上，也是奇了怪了，不过全程真是一直在奔逃。
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