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.
好一个IP，又到结尾的时候了，虽然还是一贯的风格，但是有趣程度每况愈下了。
比上一部好看点，中年人类还是比不过吸血鬼美貌啊哈哈哈
mavis都没有把男主唤醒。。结果岳父可以。。最大的bug是为啥不带孩子去南美洲 那么放心吗。。。明明都害怕其他角色在酒店惹事
这个系列不能再拍了，Johnny真是用尽了我所有的耐心
虽然评分一部不如一部，但能做到四部都保持一贯的沙雕无脑嗨风格也是蛮不容易的，预告基本把故事剧透了个精光但是正片还是有笑到谢谢，只不过家庭议题基本也憋不出来新花样了。头可断血可流发型不可乱，大概就是这么个道理吧。
精灵旅社我最萌的就是小孙子丹尼斯了，我以为的旅社4姥爷德古拉已经把酒店交给了女儿梅维斯和女婿约翰尼，然后夫妻俩保护丹尼斯就像当初德古拉保护梅维斯一样，而丹尼斯会在新的故事中成长，可惜事与愿违，这部又没给这个小卷毛什么机会🥺。不知道主创是不是还在打着要出5的心，但怕是在经过4的口碑暴跌后，以后肯定没机会看到丹尼斯的成长故事了，这点真有点可惜，这个人物出现的作用就只是用来卖萌，竟不是用来传承。
第一部嫁女兒，第二部當外公，第三部談戀愛，第四部要退休的主題其實算是順理成章的，然而，看似仍然在延續多元融合的主題，實際上淪為一場失控得一塌糊塗的大鬧劇、大爛尾，女婿在這一部裡除了神煩就只剩下神煩了，一個四部了卻毫無成長的角色，Adam Sandler的退出照理應該能省下一大筆錢了，卻沒見動畫把省下的前花在該花的地方。
电影里面有些桥段的元素等于，疯狂动物城，超能陆战队，变形金刚的集合，尤其是阿布的一个技能，和天火这个名字。
该有的都有，节奏和广播站都可以，宝宝很喜欢
老瓶装新酒，丈人女婿解开心结修复关系是美片里常有的，动画片载体增强了可看性，虽然不可能超一好看，还是能让人牢牢坐在椅子上）本来都下好了看了个开头，既然公映就奔赴电影院了。
一如既往地好。剪辑节奏视效音乐都是高水准。有笑有泪。
一直都钟意呢个系列，这回再次离了旅舍伐木累外出冒险日确系短了点不够看不如前两部的日常感，按你胃再次想去补起那两季剧版，片尾画风也好看，女婿在岳父眼里永远没有自己帅和配得上女儿吧哈哈哈。对了，森林里有段密恐警告。
我觉得还挺好看的，无脑哈哈哈。就是女儿对老爸的态度的确太凶了，这非常不好。
这部电影看似是终章，但我有理由怀疑索尼会继续出动画版作为后续营销。
你要说好看吧……还不错，但你要说难看吧……是真不怎么样啊。就是感觉……很奇怪
标准示范什麽是见好不收，首集挺惊艳，然后质量不停下滑，本集更加是属于无事找事的类别，毁了一个本来还可以说是「不差」的系列。
战斗炫酷，叙事成熟。干儿子看熊大熊二，我看牛夫人。😂
一样的合家欢故事 但是真的不用再拍续集了感觉
就怎么说呢，经历了三部电影，drac还是觉得自己家白菜被猪拱了呗，就这种老丈人和女婿的，有fockers那种设定，但是！！这部并不是很欢乐搞笑，和1差距太远太远了，而且这种人和怪物的转变，也就很表面，里面drac的配音不是adam s，就没有那种感觉了，而且mavis这部也很配角啊，感觉她边缘化真的不应该，I mean， every1 loves her，对她这么少戏份很不满意。well好在就是，这部prime上了，省了去影院的时间和钱lol
电影很紧凑好看，OST好听，最重要的核心———看世界上美好的一面，就像棉花糖 依然是那么香甜！✨🌸
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