Elijah Wood Set to Star in Max Landis' DIRK GENTLY Series
Elijah Wood is set to take on the co-lead role in a new series for BBC America called Dirk Gently. The series is based on the book series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency novels by Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy author Douglas Adams. The series was written by Max Landis (Chronicle, Victor Frankenstein), and it's set to debut in fall 2016.
I've never read the books, but it sounds like it will make for a fun series. Dirk Gently is "a comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric 'holistic' detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd (Wood), as they wend their way through one big, seemingly insane mystery a season, crossing unlikely paths with a bevy of wild and sometimes dangerous characters, each episode landing them a few random steps closer to uncovering the truth."
The report goes on to offer more details on the character Todd, saying that he "does not consider himself a sidekick. He is just flat-out better than Dirk at a lot of things. He always attempts to solve matters with the fewest steps possible; despite being a compassionate, sweet, smarter-than-average man with biting wit, Todd often finds himself at the intersection of morally gray crossroads. Thus, his bad habits of lying and stealing have dire consequences that he can’t put off forever, even though he tries. As Todd describes himself to Dirk: 'I am not your Watson, asshole. I am not available for side-kicking on something I am not involved with. I am my own messed up person with my own messed up problems.'"
The first season will be eight episodes long. It's being co-produced by AMC Studios, Ideate Media, and comic book publisher IDW Entertainment with Circle of Confusion also producing.
