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.
凯奇在凯奇的电影里致敬凯奇，还演了小半部连姆·尼森。可以但没必要，不知道凯奇自己咋想的，演三部这种片也不如接一部靠谱的正剧，毕竟靓汤和基努也不是靠乱炖片回春的。
好莱坞还在选角阶段的活人立生祠传记片们可以参考本片，还是让大明星们自己演自己吧。巨星向粉丝电影也要肥水不流外人田。老套失意中年男人切入，但是想出来一喊action就有超能力简直是天才啊！
看时不觉得怎么样，要看完才有点理解凯奇向凯奇致敬的味道。
其实这是一部帕丁顿熊2的超长预告片（doge）
难得凯奇哥终于演一部不那么难看的电影了，还算有趣，梗也挺多，多给一星
有些地方很捧腹，迷影梗娱乐效果很棒，但剧情还是很单薄
能拍一部量身定做的戏，我不知道这意味着有一股力量愿意扶他起来，还是告别之战，凯奇演出了自己的怯懦迷茫，也演出了义无反顾、英勇决绝，你也不知道他本色究竟是哪一种，反正他就是那个会变脸的传奇，希望能重获新生。
两个演员都好帅的，剧本还是挺套路，本来以为会更疯一点
尼古拉斯·凯奇你已经快六十了，还在拍烂片，甚至用一部电影去讲述烂片演员翻身的故事，而这部电影本身也烂得可以。
但不管怎么说这无疑是凯奇近十年来最好的电影了，希望还完债的凯奇能迎来事业第二春。
基治本是个好演员，毁于烂片。他还能焕发第二春吗？
略显浮夸，但确实挺可爱的，尤其是那些WTF moments（自己亲自己测试吻技什么鬼！），真亏他们想得出。
*更详细的影评，包含严重剧透：https://boxd.it/2Mxf55
尼古拉斯·传奇//怎么办我只觉得pedro pascal超可爱的！快点来个人跟他搞基！（我觉得oscar issac就不错，可以参考俩人的wired autocomplete interview
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
剧本构思有创意在里面，就是可惜拿掉这个创意，依然是部小成本的制作，而且导演团队的功力有限，成片效果一般。
稍微有点遗憾，以为会有更多调侃凯奇的部分，虽然有但是还是差点意思。台词和镜头的致敬也不是很多，更多只是提一提凯奇之前电影的名字就完事儿了。不过凯奇的演技是真的不错，特别是那个精神分裂的凯奇，每次都非常有笑果。
看的preview screening。果然有各种展示演技的地方，character-driven adult comedy。大迷弟萌萌哒。回家想吃K家麦片。《两个戏精》，《Paddington 2 is incredible》！
为凯奇量身定做的一部电影，调侃了他的窘境，也回顾了他的辉煌过去，话题性拉满，娱乐性也很高，正式当下需要的内容。
凯奇致敬凯奇的片子，前半段很吸引人，后面回归平庸。凯奇这么多年一直在演烂片确实不假，但62年的阿汤哥，63年的德普，65年的小罗伯特唐尼最近出了小罗伯特因为钢铁侠进入漫威宇宙还算成功以外，其他几人也没法维持高产和高水平了。所以凯奇其实还是那个凯奇，演技并没有严重退化，但好莱坞已经不是80年代90年代的好莱坞了……
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