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.
马卡龙色调加戳爷的美颜，绝！
片子把戳爷拍得还是挺美的，有点像甜茶，但是情感刻画以及落脚点确实不敢恭维，这个男主的设定也不讨喜，一直是家人和朋友在承担他的戾气却没有feedback. p.s本片会收到霉霉律师函警告。
很无聊也很刻板，丰富的色彩与其说有起到缓和气氛和营造青春洋溢的感觉，还不如说电影本身就不存在关于“等待结果”的紧张气氛，而青春的设定也是虚假得很，一个背着书包却只用去小卖部打工的学生。“甜蜜的爱情”也没有很甜，剧情也是无聊和刻板到极致了。只能说电影的色彩确实很养眼，也是唯一能够感觉到“青春活力”和“爱情甜蜜”的地方了吧。
戳爷的颜值拯救了平淡无奇的剧情，色彩画面倒是蛮适合这个季节看的。
2022.2.27 戳爷居然也拍电影了？？还是LGBT？很难不让人多想啊！上线前一天戳爷得新冠了卧槽 真有这么巧的事情吗！本来说好23号上线的 等半天居然是24号…而且27号终于出熟肉了！亿万同人确实良心 很多片都能首发熟肉 还行 其实戳爷作为一名歌手首次参演电影这样的水平也很是不错了 希望戳爷还能继续在演艺生涯发展下去 好多戳爷的近摄 真的好帅啊 感觉好精致一人他就 知道62年以来所有奥斯卡影后就跟那个斯拉夫籍做了好6 后面发现他得了HIV 戳爷又是受就很怕去做检查 原来top是攻 bottom是受 男二真的一眼印度人 但不怎么黑而且口音也不是很印式 他这样的在印度男性中真的算很帅了 男主是gay 女主是拉拉 这片真就所有人是同性 然后经典gay片其中一方因为种种原因离开对方另一方无法接受
果然没让我失望！troye sivan好适合这个角色🥺看这种电影让人很想过夏天
8，糖果色的成长物语，三个月的等待真的太残忍，感受心碎，学会和解，平静的结尾很有力量，无论未来如何，都要坚强活下去，戳爷片尾两首歌太好听了，戳和estha都太美了
3.5/5 我戳本色演出吗？真的是很小清新了。
感觉把戳爷都拍回春了（。
不喜欢印度小哥 扭捏 自私 胆怯
大圆满的结局 只有朋友才能永远在一起
戳爷一如既往可 反套路又套路的 很典型的美式青春同性电影
夏天和潮起潮落的海、单车和漂亮男孩，青春又幼稚的简单故事，好听的BGM和油画般的背景板，关于HIV关于亲情友情爱情，但都只是泛泛而谈
色彩很美，故事一般。全程桃花眼for戳爷的逆天颜值。
戳爷真的很美！！像个雕塑一样。他说所有人都离我而去那里我也哭了。那么似曾相识的感觉。我果然很爱他！
佛罗里达真就是马卡龙色最好的代表啊！朋友不用太多，一个就足够。
troye真的太会穿搭了，真的是匡威代言人惹！喜欢这部电影的调色和构图，吹爆电影配乐，感觉电影也融入了troye自己的元素，比如他的偶像，cue到taylor swift，犹太人的身份…希望troye能够多演戏惹，盛世美颜可不要浪费！另外我倒觉得caleb和estha挺配的，estha真的是反差萌，看起来可可爱爱，脱了衣服好多🐼
电影调色是真没的挑，非常抢眼的马卡龙色混搭，满屏都在洋溢着青春的气息；但这种疼痛记忆的糖水片也确实没在我喜欢的点上，以至于看的也是不痛不痒。顺带说一句，电影的几首配乐蛮不错的，比较喜欢。
就这种糖水小片儿都拍不好，甚至找不到一个可以赞美的段落，就很无聊的片子。戳爷或成唯一亮点，但也不够亮。
戳爷的青春疼痛文学🈶！！！关于：夏天+海滩+亲吻+离别 的标配～ 电影的插曲 真的做到了 每一首 都太太太太好听了！能占两星的程度！！！
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