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.
之前Free Guy腾讯打折四块八毛就能看，我想到就会恨凭什么破麻花能多骗一块二
没看过原版
刚看完，整体来说挺超出预期的。没想到魏翔的表演这么棒，也能让我笑出泪来。影片中看到致敬了很多经典，《教父》《雨中曲》《英雄本色》《赌神》，竟然毫不违和，可见功力了得。就是结尾收的有点仓促。
还好片尾有“魏成功”的鸡汤:
刚看完出来，很意外，满场的观众爆笑，氛围可太好了。春节带家人一起看，要求不高，能让人发自内心乐呵乐呵，减减压就够了，没必要吹毛求疵。看完《西虹市首富》对魏翔有印象，但不知道演员叫啥，这次记住了，真是好演员！没有几十年的表演功力，根本演不出这么多活灵活现的肢体语言和情绪，结尾红着眼说这是自己的第一个男主角，瞬间我就泪目了，太不容易了。今年春节档就这一部喜剧，预言一下票房黑马。
没有看出是现实剧情+戏，只觉得是戏外戏+戏，所有场景都跟彩排一样闹腾! 小品拼接起来的喜剧电影不是个人喜欢的喜剧类型，不推荐!PS:请问开心麻花就马丽一个女的吗？
连原作的精髓都被改没了，过渡放大了魏翔的表演，到最后变成为搞笑而搞笑。
看完感慨三谷幸喜原著的喜剧框架之优秀，让演员挤眉弄眼的夸张表演有了支点，喜剧情景得以延续，国产版删除支线也让故事更集中通俗，片尾花絮魏翔真情流露很感人。
开心麻花这么多年喜剧的耕耘还是有功底的，确实笑点断不低俗而且不强行催泪，魏翔太出彩了，一个人光芒万丈
魔幻时刻或许也很一般，但是《瞎看什么》是真好看呀
2021-09-21想看：总觉得又是大烂片，但还是为了马丽期待一下吧 11有用 2022-04-05看完：网站终于放片了，晚上边嗦螺蛳粉边看的。马丽和魏翔非常需要减肥，脸圆圆/方方的上镜真的很丑很没气场，观众缘减半。魏翔仪态很不好，显得角色又傻又猥琐。没看过原片，但看得出原剧本挺好的。仅有的几个笑点都是在马丽身上，不过真的很好笑。特效太假，磨皮不到位，有些台词很尬，小弟们特意扮丑的垃圾笑点，魏翔的表演我个人觉得过于浮夸和油腻，黄才伦和马丽还可以更好。中间有一段台词还是后配的，此处删掉一句话，无语。含腾量为零、没有屎屁尿和过分煽情还是有进步的。希望开心麻花拍出更用心的作品。
2.5，魏翔的独角戏。倒也算不上烂，就是平庸，十分平庸，从剧本到包袱，陈旧而迂腐，要不是靠着那些借鉴而来的迷影元素，本片就是另一部《李茶的姑妈》。开心麻花再次透支了自己在观众心目中的搞笑额度，下次再不拿沈腾做抵押，怕是要破产了。
在俗套无聊和高级真挚之间来回切换。一些刻意的搞笑包袱强行插入，无聊到尬；另一边魏成功的角色透露着对表演以及电影的痴迷与热爱，真挚且感人。真的是被魏翔征服了，相比之下，马丽的表演仿佛一个门外汉。真的太割裂了。
居然大于预期。三谷幸喜那版从后半段就崩了，这版魔改其实如果最后一幕认真调一下，会超越原版。中文语境下的笑点与风格设定都用心了，魏翔不火，天理难容。
没失望，够好笑！吉米与意大利人交易那场戏全片最佳！
一部堪合格的喜剧，最引人发笑的桥段是承袭原作，而后半部分团队改编的桥段比较俗套，但胜在感人&和男主角自身经历吻合，放在春节档其实值得一个高分
魏翔终于做男主，演的很棒，马丽也是一贯的稳定，剧情很好笑，春节档唯一的喜剧，麻花团队值得信赖
难称之为一部电影，很多技巧用在零碎处，人物动机和情绪莫名其妙，很多桥段依然类似小品，你就放松来看可以，稍微认真就不经推敲。看完觉得就是一个展开但是失败版本的《喜剧之王》
害行。中国解构样式意大利黑帮电影文艺复兴么不是。疫情期间还有人愿意这么逗我乐，我已经很感激了，要啥自行车
含腾量为0的麻花喜剧，居然意外得很好笑很好看，还致敬了不少经典电影，戏精上身的魏翔这次有突破，扎起小辫子有低俗小说中约翰特拉沃尔塔既视感。有几段戏非常出彩，接连爆笑，是编剧和演员的出色配合演绎。一个看似非常扯淡胡闹的剧本，有现在的喜剧效果是绝对超常发挥了。
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