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.
后半部分剧情有点无脑
画面故事没有其他网大的妖艳，悬疑不足，剧情太慢，逻辑没有。鼓励分吧
林音之死没有讲清楚。其他很好，悬念的两次反转很有冲击力，演员的人物刻画都很棒，尤其男主的气质算是印象深刻。画面和调光调色都很棒，很多画面都非常舒服。
感觉电影一直想展现日冈的成长却把其他人物戏份安排的有些混乱了，尤其是反派boss，单纯的疯狂给不了人枭雄的感觉
山寨伪劣版的杀人回忆加阿婆的谋杀启事，
用生命争奇斗艳的惨剧。三线、计划经济遗产，经典的萧条符号，反正跟着《杀人回忆》学不会太错。最大的bug就是这画像师太超能了吧，素描跟写真一样高清……整体至少比《暴雪将至》完整，网大里的天花板了。
我朋友参与编剧的电影，国产原创犯罪悬疑继续加油！
3.5 《谁是凶手》里的变态摄像师，《猎罪图鉴》里的妙手画师，构成了这部《远山淡影》里的阴影与光亮。复仇女神也好，非艺术家身份的模拟画像师、轴了一辈子的老刑警也罢，都没能战胜时间。风过留痕，严华成了别人，忘了自己，是苦；落叶无声，画笔依旧，蘸足血泪，是孤。过去，从未淡化，只是那个“我”没了往日的身形。《远山淡影》的内容够丰富，画面也带着一丝倦怠的诗意，可惜影片仍旧是一部为了反转而反转的作品，若能再留些镜头深挖几个女性角色的内心，该多好。
剧情很迷离，故事很迷幻，日本人整天都呼喝呼喝的吗？
这部是真的垃圾，一切剧情纯粹为人物成长服务，丝毫不考虑真实性，反派塑造还好，到主角那，我仿佛在看什么时间穿越电影，就突出一种男主什么都改变不了，在这个世界上发生的事情仿佛影响不了现实就只在男主心里掀起波澜，你跟我讲主角第一部没见到记者就算了，你tm跟我说和记者初次交锋时主角看上去很冷静其实不是因为知道记者底细而是男主傻？讲了半天孤狼，吹他强，还想探讨什么自认为的正义，表现出来弱的跟只鸡一样，猪都没他傻，说是成长了3年实际上根本没有成长，揭秘的阴谋更是恶心，经典强行洗白+黑手其实是你上司，虽然你有证据威胁他，而他非常怕死并与你达成交易但就是要是个喽啰都知道的奇妙境况下亲自出马单挑是吧，这电影警察真的是废物，太tm搞笑了，当面偷枪都叫没证据，怪不得全员疯狗，这群b大概自己名字都不会写
研读日记、调查妓女前文工团舞蹈演员、拜访退休老警察获得生还受害者录音证词，画出连环杀手肖像，却是被枪杀死者；
这一部把黑社会都演成傻子了 不明不白上林就上位了 不知道怎么演的 和第一部差太多
这TM拍的什么玩意啊！剧里所有的人的行动都不合逻辑，各种剧情不合理。上林是个疯子，姑且不论，其他人除了疯子就是傻子。日冈整部剧里没干一点正经事，秀的那些蜜汁操作，大上要是知道了估计能给气活过来！大上是在利用黑社会，日冈是被黑社会牵着鼻子走！总之一句话，大上的棺材板快压不住了，凭你也配叫孤狼？！
俩主演在线的，尤其反派。不过剧情真的是费解
上一部面对的是黑帮，这一部只是单纯的面对暴力和腐败了。
标准国产悬疑文艺片，类似的有《暴雪将至》《白日焰火》，质量介于院线与网大之间。几场镜头极美，导演若有新片也会看。
章鱼饭。村长受气包的样子拍爱情片更合适一些
导演以为穿上哪个时代的衣服，找几个旧宅，就能拍出好故事，配乐太突兀。
一般般吧，画面不错，气氛也不错，可惜故事生搬硬套，逻辑不通，容易让人出戏。
为了给某人树碑立传，主创可以说是煞费苦心，可惜剧本实在太烂，一通胡编滥造，生生毁了一个原本可能的英雄楷模。怎么拍人物传记，真的该好好学学好莱坞。另外，对奇异果的评分越来越没信心了，果然是被资本操控的结果。
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