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.
【千影计划268】好看!这个IP算是成了，马东锡个人魅力太大了!半超英加警匪类型的电影，只要剧情不拉跨真的随便卖爆!拳拳到肉够爽!
美国队长来了也打不过马东锡。反派手下不如张谦蛋出彩，整体惊喜不多。
马东锡怎么都耐看，打戏精彩极了，尤其是那重击肝脏区的几拳，美。
吐槽如下：哈哈，欺负越南是吧，你韩国怎么不跑美国跨国执法啊？诶，你告诉我，非要中国黑帮出场30s然后被屠杀的意义在哪？警察局没人了，非要找个混混开车？
类型比上一部成熟，但反派没上一部变态。
以暴制暴的警匪题材，拳拳到肉，印象中是难得正面形容韩国警方也是能打的电影。
马东锡一力降十会，打的还是很猛很爽，剧情简单，看个乐挺好
马东锡的重拳太解压了，纯爽片，他居然是个美国人。
我真的无脑喜欢影视化里的暴力执法警察，中国的马军，韩国的马锡道。警察抓贼拳拳到肉，轻的打残重的打死。延续首部高质量剧情多了很多笑点，哈尔滨张谦笑死。在漫威走了过场的吉尔伽美什拳头又硬了不少，已经走出独属自己风格的打戏，干脆利索一招制敌。屋内二对多的砍刀戏很爽，马东锡进场参战两拳后气氛幽默不少。公交车solo我很诧异江海尚能坚持这么久，一拳把头打出玻璃基本结束战斗，当然还是好看的，影视化提升了点非人类力量，挥拳和正蹬的威力让我觉得祖国人来首尔都要领两耳光。希望这个系列再多塞点打戏，让马师傅来点《坏家伙们》那种一对多群战再好不过啦
虽然打戏和血腥的段落比第一步增加了许多，但是紧迫的氛围和燃烧的杀气反而有点不足。（但是马东锡真的帅）
韩国西巴战神这次甚至亲自下场做编剧，角色设定给得相当明确，就是敌人遇见感到可怕，观众看见觉得爽快兼好笑的存在，很大程度上即一拳超人的套路，能极大满足观众对压抑的戾气的宣泄和力量支配权的意淫。
虽然续集的豆瓣评分高于第一部，但是观感明显弱于第一部。第一部的精彩在于多方黑帮角力，再加上刑警的介入，戏剧冲突既丰富又激烈。续集的戏剧冲突较为单一，黑帮元素很淡，主要是警匪追逐战。
电影一星，正反男主各一星，and暴力动作一星。
已经不知道多少年没有一天一片刷二遍了，除去本片优秀之外，也确实因为对看好电影的渴望而至的吧。还是更喜欢第一部，还是更喜欢张谦一点点，虽然孙锡久确实很有型。终于知道为啥喜欢看胖胖的神马东锡的动作片了，他真的好萌啊
看马东锡打人真的就是两个字，舒爽！ps：还是那句话，孙锡久的性张力真绝，这个反派演得也太出彩了
打戏没得说，文戏就有点闹着玩儿了啊。而且借着第一部的基础，续作明目张胆地偷懒，配角们都单薄成纸片了。
7.0/10，跟第一部差不多吧，马东锡拳拳到肉的个人秀，孙锡久倒是各种角色都能驾驭，在片里也挺出彩的，2016年才出道，这两年从电视剧到电影频频刷脸，也算是大器晚成的韩国男演员代表之一了。
在大块头马东锡的绝对暴力重拳下，一切犯罪分子都会被粉碎，一部将暴力贯彻到底的激情爽片，犯罪分子无差别式的暴力杀人，警察也以暴制暴化解危机，永远可以相信马警官的巴掌和铁拳，第二季发现张易洙这么有趣哈哈哈，
相较第一部更偏喜剧了，可惜提升娱乐性的同时观感在下降
虽然反派没有第一部的张谦厉害，但也是够狠够较劲的！！！真TM的为了钱一路追到底啊！！！真爷们~哈哈
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