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.
没有想象中那么惊心动魄，摄影师夫妇的偷窥行动解释有点敷衍。
“你偷窥别人，别人同时也在偷窥你”，同样是偷窥，相比于希区柯克的后窗，本片采取了更浅显直白的手法，大部分走向包括皮帕的出轨、偷窥与反偷窥都有迹可循，在意料之中，截至托马斯死亡之前本片还算可圈可点，后面就玩脱了，复仇更是画蛇添足，如果眼科医生只是为无意义的铺垫和复仇而设定，那真是太失败了。
一部帶有黑暗和扭曲故事的懸疑電影，除了大量的露骨鏡頭，故事情節和結局的反轉都談不上精彩。
65/100 非常可惜，质感/配乐/立意均上乘，控诉的语气已经相当强烈，有诸多可以孕育电影高光时刻的幕，但扁平地表述和浮于表面地探索使其一切的优势都归于暗淡
直至第一次死亡场景的部分是很优秀的，剩下的基本扯淡。
看《白莲花度假村》时我就想还有比奥莉维亚更令人讨厌的角色么？女主在本片中做到了！
妖魔化有天分的女性，再割掉她们的舌头，打入父权制牢笼。
没什么营养的片子，有欲望有肉体还有悬疑反转，看着带劲就得了。p.s.那个亚裔女主好美
Sydney要成婊系套路了，刘承羽真的拉气好强。
前半段的悬念设计还是不错的，后窗式的带入，颜值也都挺好。但结局的强行设计，让这部片的好感逐渐降低。。。
后半段的反转有点意料之中，多一星打给敢脱的女主
一开始是的男女主角在新房子的对话挺喜欢的 so sweet. 满足人类的偷窥欲望 但剧情扯了些 不明白导演是想表达什么 但👀电影氛围还是不错的 情欲这一块
人類對精神疾病的認識，經歷了怎樣一個可怕的過程……
偷窥上瘾方知自己反被偷窥，女主真是又大又白又圆
虽然有点画蛇添足，但后劲很足。剪辑节奏还可以的，场景切换方式很MV，很多暗喻或者伏笔，呼应。溏心蛋变荷包蛋就知道最后大招了。其实很多人有窥私欲的，比如视奸别人微博的时候，记得左手滑屏，避免误点赞。这部电影里，女主以为发了匿名私信，结果发现微博有访客记录？嘿！
多久没看到这种电影了！去nm的政治正确！干 傻逼结尾扣一颗星😑
3.5。整体中规中矩，就是黑人男友的人物塑造弱了，最后有点服务于剧情的需要了。
女主身材实在是太正了，女二也没的我都要弯了～整体很有意思。然而这部电影的简介是在放屁吗？
除了能看肉，没想到还有反转和复仇环节，俊男靓女下半辈子顶着烧坏的角膜生活，确实有点过了。
只能说这个转折并没有特别出人意料，而最后的复仇却是出乎意料，简直是编剧用手送上去的，赶紧复仇吧，反正没有任何代价偶也
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