Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently has been sprung from the books a couple of times for different interpretations already, including radio adaptation starring Harry Enfield and the more recent TV version, which saw Stephen Mangan playing Dirk. Now comes a new small screen incarnation, with Samuel Barnett as the title character. Take a look at the first image above, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.
The Beeb's TV version lasted but a few episodes, but BBC America has since picked up the baton for a new eight-episode run scripted by Max Landis. Elijah Wood co-stars as Gently's long-suffering sidekick Todd, re-named for some reason from the books and previous series' Richard MacDuff. “He’s honestly not gung-ho about helping Dirk do anything, much less be his assistant," says Landis of the character.
If the name's unfamiliar, Dirk Gently was Adams' other creation alongside his more famous The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy. Gently (real name Svlad Djelli) is an investigator who approaches his cases based on a belief in the interconnectedness of all things. He blundered through two adventures, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency in 1987, and The Long, Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul a year later. The latter features the Norse gods, and the former involves Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an alien, and an electric monk that believes the world is pink.
Landis has been working with showrunner Robert Cooper on the series, with Dean Parisot directing at least two of the initial episodes, and the show will hit Stateside screens on October 22. There's no sign of a UK date yet. For more on the series, head to EW's site.