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.
有戏中戏的感觉，非常好笑有点心酸，需要对凯奇大叔的作品有起码的了解，熟悉到场景、台词更好。总体而言是一部爆米花片，但情怀很足，各类致敬和内涵也很用心，另外，我也是真的很喜欢鞋拔子脸的😁
那個特工故事其實非常套路，尤其是如加維所說加入了綁架女兒的橋段真的更加難看，但凱奇演凱奇不斷自我揶揄片中不斷提及致敬那些凱奇的電影成為讓電影與眾不同或者說這是非常粉絲向的電影，起碼要認識凱奇看過那些電影知道這幾年凱奇的新聞才能get到那種最後看著東山再起的凱奇能感受到的那份心酸與激動，是（曾經）牛了個大逼的凱奇啊！！！（從未過氣）！
看到凯奇各种自我致敬的片段还是能会心一笑的。
Paddington 2 is incredible!
很好笑！救命，我真的有被javi和nick之间奇妙的友情感动到！剧本还蛮有趣的。衷心祝贺凯奇在一堆烂片后打了一场翻身仗，希望德普也有机会。
本质上主线故事很俗套，但因为有“尼古拉斯凯奇饰演尼古拉斯凯奇”这个让现实与戏剧形成互文又重新投射进现实（电影中最后的影片上映&本片在现实中上映）的设定，整部片子的调性就有趣起来。尤其对于我这个凯奇粉来说，片中提及到的过往作品以及他的自黑自嘲都非常打动内心，酒店落寞那场戏我真的掉了眼泪，虽说大凯奇强调了这只是个虚构角色罢了，但我相信这些年高低沉浮他心底总是会有这样的瞬间吧。选皮皮出演是妙笔，融合了粉丝的纯真狂热和“反派”的阴晴不定，很多时候是皮皮来驱动剧情发展。总之无所谓大众眼中的是否翻身，我都会永远爱大凯奇。
剧本的设计点是有趣的，但剧情走向还是老套，虽是尼古拉斯凯奇的角色与现实互文，但更多是沉浸在电影里戏中戏的表演和各种对以往自己电影的彩蛋和吐槽，凯奇的演技其实一直在线，不过我更喜欢佩德罗帕斯卡的表演，有些对话和镜头其实也蛮有意思，以及故事中心突出“过气”演员的一丝心酸和自嘲，也带点韵味，凯奇哥，后面你要支愣起来啊！
拍了部烂片然后说这片是片中片也没法摆脱自己是烂片的现实 这么个好的点子创意就这么糟蹋剥削掉了
戏谑 影迷 爆米花 这种电影演的再烂 口碑也不至于差了吧 哈哈
看到凯奇叔还在拍这些奇奇怪怪的东西我就放心了。红毒蛇可以说是权游这一波演员里面混的最风生水起的了吧，有前途有前途！
老子我还有才华
哈哈哈，蛮好玩的，看到尼古拉斯·凯奇认真地饰演自己，也是一种奇妙的体验
我的天好看到爆炸，不管你认不认识凯奇这部电影都可以让你爱上他，他演出了很多维度！这不是谁都能达到的，戏里演自己，戏里演自己演戏，戏里演年轻时候的自己和中年的自己对话接吻！戏里演戏演自己第一次执行任务。听着就复杂吧！人都给你演出来了。但是整体的话我比较喜欢前半部分，就像我不喜欢喜剧之王的结尾一样，周星驰当年可能是为了商业非要弄个枪战什么的，但是在这个大环境，如今还是变成了间谍片就完全是欧美那边粗暴无脑的商业行为了。
打一开始就知道Javi不可能做出绑架这种事的 毕竟一个喜欢帕丁顿熊2的人能有什么坏心眼呢
27.04.2022 | 这个不知道算不算是喜剧的东西并没有逗乐我，全程太尬了。近期的院线中可期待的难道只有Men和NOPE了吗。（这还要等到海枯石烂）
非常平庸的剧本和拍摄，但是谁又能拒绝戏中戏的尼古拉斯凯奇呢？作为拿过奥斯卡又火遍全球同时又烂片缠身，这样大起大落的经历真的太适合这样的题材了。可惜了这次的契机。希望凯奇大叔还债结束还能重回巅峰！
套着三流喜剧谍战片外壳的凯奇演艺跌宕史，凯奇的演技和以往的情怀撑起了整部片子。作为凯奇的回归作品，尚可看，期待凯奇后续的作品
开头很棒，后半部分烂，三星，结尾有突然又很棒了，加一星
挺妙的，戏中戏，就是情节有点一截一截的，黑帮帅哥好萌，哈哈
依然只是一部小制作片子，凯奇什么时候能接一部正常的大片啊，这么好的演技可惜了
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