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.
打斗场面让人看得爽，果然离不开魏君子制片。
6.8/10，中规中矩，不过不失的武侠片，守住了江湖恩义，少了些新视角新解读。
满分，剧情没的说，满满复古，武侠味道很浓。
没有赘笔，没有雷点，利落的杀人技，巧妙的转场和铺垫，演员文戏武戏都非常在线，腔调十足的诚意小成本之作，必须五星
剧本不太行… 但是摄影可 谢苗与角色适配度高 演技&打戏也出彩 毕竟武打童星出身 希望他能借此被更多投资方看到 之后资源能好些 多一星鼓励
谢苗好适合这种角色，打戏也很精彩，希望可以拍成系列网大
多给半星给个鼓励，电影画面和色彩很棒，简单的快意恩仇故事
服道化不错。但是最让我感到惊喜的是一众演员很敬业很用心，导演对情节的把控，还有摄影对场面的调度，很多场景真是太棒了，一帧帧画面都可以当做壁纸了，无比完美，还是个网络大电影。
电影的氛围营造很好，中式《赏金猎人》外传。故事简单，风格写意，无论服化亦或武打设计都很用心，场面调度与摄影都带着浓浓的「江湖气」，那种快意恩仇的洒脱。谢苗亦是褪去记忆中的少年稚气多了几分沧桑，有点《座头市》意思了。（美中不足的是画面质感与色调处理可再雕琢一下，不然可三星）
比<影>好出了50个<长城>级别 只是可惜了琴娘这角色有点薄
叼，没啥好说的，74分钟完全可以好好呈现一个电影的容量。低成本也不一定就只能拍飞起来的文艺片，电影人嘛，好好讲故事好好演，拍摄的时候不糊弄比啥都好。
氛围算营造得不错了，但剧情太多刻板印象，人设单薄，要靠观众脑补，就算是网大剧本也要下功夫呀
干净利落的侠客电影，目前网络电影里动作审美角度高峰。
叼，没啥好说的，74分钟完全可以好好呈现一个电影的容量。低成本也不一定就只能拍飞起来的文艺片，电影人嘛，好好讲故事好好演，拍摄的时候不糊弄比啥都好。
皑皑雪地杀人时，烈酒一刀成焰的设计不错。
有点像是中国版座头市，一个瞎子剑客复仇的故事。不过做了一些本土化的剧情设置，显得不那么日式，武打场面还行，没有以前港片的行云流水，但是动作还是好看的。整个故事就是很短的一个套路，前因后果都讲明白了，人物出身也介绍了，或许是打算出续作？
2022年6月12日，在孤岛的疫情下，在唐山打人事件发生之时，在魔都水漫区当街砍之下，呼唤一下侠义，为众人拾柴者，如果无为社会安定，为人间正义所行之物，所做之人，那将是一个令人失望的地方吧~~~
从座头市、浪客剑心、黄河大侠甚至西部片中各种拿来，汇聚成了这个简单直接、短小精悍、狠辣酷爽的故事，撇去制作的粗糙，好歹还原了纯正武侠片的快意恩仇、正气凛然、热血沸腾乃至徐克电影的借古喻今，在网大中真的算难得。为老魏的初心多加一颗星。
把盲侠弄成赏金猎人（捉刀人），放在唐朝安史之乱后（其实哪个朝代都行）。喝了姑娘的喜酒，为姑娘讨一个公道，凭一己之力铲除黑恶势力及其保护伞。
5.5，网大与B级片的本质差别取决于视听刺激的尺度大小，以及因小成本大尺度而生的一套游荡于主流美学之外的工艺框架。片子的核心叙事任务是塑造盲侠形象及其与乱世的交锋，借用的元素都不罕见，远有《座头市》《修罗雪姬》，近有《伸冤人》，但东西不新鲜，尺度又不够大。官僚阶级玩弄百姓，没有什么让人有生理反应的残忍画面，同样，主人公匡扶正义砍瓜切菜也没有什么溅血的复仇快感。只有放在国产网大里，遵循基本的元素与系统叙事原则才能作为优点突出，至少80%的戏都是围绕人物来做的。反派朝廷爪牙身份的背后有着曾经的黑恶势力努力攀附权贵以合法化的线索，整个交锋是有绝技无地位的民间人士与被用后即弃的工具之间的死斗。不知是否有审查因素在，这条完全可以多些笔墨再丰富丰富，掌权者的势力集体缺席，他们会纵容反派如此飞扬跋扈吗？
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