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.
这一年代久远的惊悚片系列时隔十年，居然还有续作问世，主演也回归，情节模式和特有元素仍然保留，水准尚可，对系列的粉丝来说算是有诚意。就是不知道能否老树开新花。
烂中带点好笑，疯狂的自我玩梗，搞成喜剧片分还会高点
基本上看到退休警长的死这段情节,就可以直接来给这片打一个可能的最高分三星,至于够不够3星已经不管了,止损时间才是上策.
目前IMDb评分7.0/41K票，字幕已完成，转战下一个
没有那么恐怖，但是恐怖和欢乐的界限刚好到我挺适应的程度。这个混血长相姐姐好会演戏啊，最后从一枪爆头开始的演技看得太爽了。但是槽点还是恐怖片惯有的那些槽点：医院总是空无一人；警察只会犯案之后来清理现场；凶手压倒性优势的时候总是不杀了而是开始长篇大论然后被翻盘。
吐槽.致敬.情怀，真正的杀手是岁月，这种类型片往往是喜欢的很喜欢，讨厌的很讨厌，这部电影牵扯了太多旧系列中的元素，所以对于没有看过第一部或者已经忘记了第一部的观众来说，电影中相关的情节纯属浪费时间，另外就是偏缓的节奏也使观众有更多的时间来思考情节中的碧油鸡（虽然这种电影总是可以找出一堆），降低了观众边“吓”边““骂”边爽”的感受。基于情怀，加多颗星。
不要相信任何人，男友果然是杀手，鬼面那个还会复活。
不断的自嘲以及涉及“元”的结构设计，竟让离谱的情节变得令人期待，无数次在（伪）jump scare处大笑
又一部情怀向电影，延续了系列前作的悬疑风格，吐槽、惊悚、意外依然不变，已尽其所能的贴近当今互联网时代年轻人的脉搏，可惜砍杀电影的黄金年代早已过去，青春惊悚片也已然式微，大多数人眼里或许更接近烂片，但真正的恐怖片爱好者只看到《惊声尖叫》就知道它终于还是回来了。
无聊，俗套，愚蠢，导演你拍这个烂片确定不是在嘲讽自己？
I mean, maybe next time call the police before going in to that house?
永恒族不就是那样吗？
凶手不满意后面续作的粗制滥造所以杀人，于是我们看到了这部更加粗制滥造的片子
我觉得这片的立意很好，但我不喜欢的是它把什么事都说的特明白，所有的表达都被受害者团和反派用嘴说出来，那就没意思了。含蓄点更聪明。
杜威是去送人头的吧，打中之后就应该直接补枪爆头啊，还去拉人。。。
原来我之前看的是惊声尖笑，怪不得这部好多梗我看不懂
这个系列也到头了。
挺好的续集，没有扑街就是胜利，四星好评！！！
杀人的目的很牵强，让人惊叫不起来，人物刻画缺乏深度。
这个片子很难得到好莱坞的认可
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