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.
与徐婷看的第三部电影，注1：没看完她就去洗澡了，注2，让她联想到了善良的小姨子
节奏不错，流星的演技也很好。就是有些可能只有看了漫画的人才能get到的点，而且感觉会有后篇。
【密室逃脱】～高成本密室逃脱之有来无回
怪力乱神的出镜效果还是很聪明的:尤其是从头到尾的阴郁色调，前后呼应着万劫不复的未来。小朋友让人心疼，但放在克总设定里，寻常的冷酷
番外把我的期望值拉到极低，结果正片还不错啊——到ババ抜き之前都挺酷的hhhhh流星好帅好矮啊hhhhh
6、“扣扣～”“扣扣扣～”男子与墙内干尸谈恋爱
“我必须喂它！”
想得很大，疏漏太多。其實根本問題是需要按著“溫情奇幻”的路子走，還是按著“驚悚片”的路子來，兩邊都不靠之後變得非常乏味，以至於最後“戳開主題”的部分相當不三不四不黑不白，要反抗父權也不是這樣按心情隨機式反抗的吧……能看出監製陀螺的影子，其實也並沒有“特別糟糕”，但是“相當失望”的一作。
挺喜欢的分段式恐怖片，虽然很多桥段都似曾相识。部分铺垫很到位，结果包袱抖出来也不过如此。演员长得都挺好看的，常常会让我更加关注颜值，而忽略他们角色的状态
齿虫那个牙医太惨了，本口腔医学生看得泪流满面
千万不要占小便宜！十来个小故事，过瘾呐。总会有一个唤醒你内心的恐惧。
⭐全给迫老师和认真试图还原的卡司们，不要作为电影质量的参考。
家庭创伤下的邪魔杀戮，有北欧得肃杀感，导演的画面审美也极好，即使节奏缓慢也让人看得下去，小演员的表演也是功不可没。
高度压缩版的小镇美剧，题材和方法都与之类似，没啥新意是肯定的，但还算保持了恐怖的样态。
量足但质不足。只能靠jump scare吓人不算多高明。几个创意还有点意思，但是落地后就是毫无新意的丧尸和恶鬼。稍微学学老前辈伊藤润二的天马行空也不至于把10个故事都拍成一个味道。。。。
俄勒冈州一名小镇的老师跟她的镇上警长哥哥发现了一件惊世骇俗的案件，他们察觉一位年轻的小学生行为举止十分异常，孤僻的个性以及诡异的谈话，驱使这对兄妹介入小学生的家庭调查背后隐藏的秘密，没想到竟掀起一阵腥风血雨的风暴，而古老的传说不再是天方夜谭，恶魔的苏醒也将带来毁灭式的反扑……
一般 没啥出奇的地方 看到下一个故事就忘了上一个故事是啥了。
没那么不堪呀，挺喜欢看这种小故事合集的，很下饭，有点像毛骨悚然撞鬼经，比怪奇宅差一点，3.5，对这种类型要求不能太高了
十个故事，没有一个是有亮点的，这也是个人才。
未能将传说与实际充分结合以形成隐喻及映射，惊悚场面有限，怪物设计老套，整体氛围构建上佳，恐怖片元素齐全，细节刻画充足，6/10。
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