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.
结局还算可以，就是这男主战斗力 就尼玛弱得离谱！输出全靠女主！
从未有过的观影体验。
刚开始的反转夫妻互杀还有点意思，后来一致对外血浆横飞了就比较中规中矩了，反而是最后的结局最好玩。
从讽刺搞笑到惊悚血腥，插入伦理调味，再回归搞笑讽刺，这个旋转舞步实在华丽……平庸的导演，失业了的过气女演员，和几个越狱逃犯演出了一场囚徒困境的好戏，小成本把“戏剧化”演绎到极致了。
以为是个别出心裁的剧情片，结果只是个三流恶趣味搞笑片，里边所有人的智商都在人类平均值以下
噢，在血肉横飞的日子里，我们领悟了婚姻的意义～
成人喜剧的皮，血浆片的底子。血浆版史密斯夫妇的评价不妥当，夫妻互杀戏被简化得太厉害，越狱犯入侵的重头戏却过于饱满，填塞了很多撑时间的无聊戏份。日后有翻拍版请务必把血浆和笔墨用在夫妻对手戏上。
7.5分虚高了，搞笑+反转+血浆，值得一看，但不值得反复看，所以6分足
假如生活欺骗了你——
最后男主趴在船沿上盯着女主看的那个眼神，绝了！
小鬼当家夫妻档成人血腥版，因为真的是蠢犯。
写的太散了差一口气的，观看者只能与整体女性对于身份和生育的焦虑共感，实际上很难与女主共鸣，甚至不太能理解女主到底是怎么导致目前状态的。
节奏有点儿慢，太啰嗦，辜负了这么个商业的题材。编剧水平不行，30分钟弃剧。
除了拍成电影“exactly what happened”、拉他上船时的些许犹豫、“那是你演技最好的时候”等等对生活的戏谑，这个节奏嘛、视觉冲击嘛，都可以说乏味可陈。
因为它能让你感受到希望
杀妻杀夫黑色幽默加逃狱三王屎尿屁，最后黑人出现给我笑尿了，补叙的手法不新鲜，有趣的是各路梗王的集合现场。
结局夫妻俩商业化圈钱的一波操作让这部暴力血腥片多了一丢丢意思呢
垃圾电影！节奏拖拖拉拉，类型不是爱情也不是伦理，不是悬疑惊悚也不是动作，就是四不像，漏洞百出，全靠主角光环，早一枪崩了这对杀人犯夫妇就没有后面的故事了！前一秒还在互相谋杀，后一秒就变成共同抗敌了，关键时刻总是主角拿到枪，别人都是笨蛋，垃圾电影，白左国家注定拍不出好电影，只会反思、宽容、意淫、滥情！垃圾电影！电影还是美国、英国、法国、意大利、韩国的比较好看，以后不要看挪威的电影了！白左恶心死了
整部片血腥又好笑，还有那么一丢丢的启发性。演技都很不错，打斗都觉得好痛好痛，真枪实弹的感觉，最菜的就是男主了。北欧的片子还是有一股子冷静酷寒在里头。
他爹那里就确定了导演编剧就是那种不得好死的变态 特么不是好东西。我就因为这个打一星的。但凡不要给他爹那种死法我都给五星
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