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.
动作戏有点女版伯恩的意思。如果有一部片，把凯特，John wick 伯恩，绍特，伊森亨特这些杀手特工都放一起会咋样？
好糟糕的片。女主如果是日本人的话，只是普通烂片，故事发生在日本，女主一美国人，搞得全片到处英文，出现的日本元素完全没融入剧情，并没有尊重只是强行拼接（灰色和室？）。其他日本演员都挺好，唯独小女孩表演超烂（日文还有口音），她的镜头和剧情还特多，存在就很烦。动作戏让人不耐烦，女主杀一片全靠对手弱鸡，偶尔试图走心只流于表面，节奏稀烂（被下毒的那一夜最莫名），反转是最传统的套路。不如看Jolt。
3.7分，比大多数杀手电影要好，质感很棒。伍迪哈里森秃了，浅野忠信也胖了。
一个电影反映出一个国家的国情，美国控制世界的野心从来不会停止，一个特工潜伏在日本就已经把日本搅得地覆天翻，日本还是一个唯美国马首是瞻的附属国，那么潜伏在其他国家的哪？大量从事暗杀、策反、分裂任务的美国特务又对这个世界造成了多少伤害？自由平等的平静的表面下是无数暗流涌动，多少个国家在美国的幕后操作下面临分裂、破碎，甚至是亡国，来实现美国的霸权主义，人上人制度。
套路，政治正确，这个女杀手不太冷，爆爆柠檬广告宣传片。
太喜欢女主演员了，基本上有她的片我就没打过低分
别的不说，你剧情这样安排合理合适合法吗？fxxk 杀手就该有杀手的觉悟Leon没看过吗
比前面的垃圾电影《火药奶昔》强了几百条街，虽然有时候的打斗重量感很差，但多数动作场面在线，暴力程度也挺好，镜头给的特别有意思，女主角本来挺好看，结果在这里又黑又丑弄的，减一星
不太好看，打斗没创意，故事粗糙老套，日本小女孩、日本流行音乐场景植入有点意思
爽片
粉色霓虹痛车我爱了。老米够帅，死得也够干脆。女主打戏还行。老头利索两刀浅野就掉头了，惊到我。
疾速追杀火了以后出现了一堆想复刻他成功的电影，但这些电影都又当又立既想要爽又想要内涵，到头来又当又立什么也捞到。美剧里的小孩都是神一样的存在 在他面前 杀手会从良 黑道会从良 毒贩会从良 就为了强行凑个政治正确 [疑惑]多年看片经验告诉我 没有小孩的片才是好片[笑哭]
暴走孙燕姿混搭赛博霓虹动作片。女主长得太纯良了尤其之前的长发造型无法入戏，剧情还是那种老掉牙十分钟看到头的套路，附加主角见到未成年就迈不开腿那种闭着眼往出背的剧情。全程最爽快凌厉的动作戏是最后老社长拼刀那几秒你能信
打戏很强，剧情很弱，不如给国村隼多点戏份。
女版John Wick在主角光环的照耀下显得违和+无厘头……东京居酒屋段落的致敬算是全片唯一的亮点了~
班底再强，演员不行就是不行，无法达到那个效果
只从剧情上来说，本片实是说不出有多好，幕后黑手很容易就让人猜到，每个剧情都感受的到好莱坞流水线剧本的“威力”，那种近于庸俗的平平无奇。
又一部容易遗忘的、大数据驱动的、拼凑元素的网大，带有服务属性却点到为止，黑白和室屠杀本该是个非常适合风格化的场景。
看到miyavi桑必须加🌟 霓虹元素用的还不赖
R级的爆头和火拼，阴谋论和女性意识都是这几年商业电影的流行词汇，似乎换上哪个大龄女演员演都一样，唯一能让人放心的是这股风潮肯定不会演变成8，90年代硬汉动作片的垃圾堆。
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