Doing the Undoable: The Return of Dirk Gently

The world's only holistic detective is poised to return to the small screen.

BBC America has picked up Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency for a straight to series, eight-episode order. Based on Adams' 1987 novel of the same name, the series will center around 'holistic detective' Gently who utilizes the 'the fundamental interconnectedness of all things' to solve cases. Max Landis (Chronicle, Victor Frankenstein) has been tapped to write the series. Landis, a fan of Adams, read both Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and its follow up, 1988's The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul as a teenager. He credits Adams’ work as 'one of the things that inspired me to be a writer.'

source: Variety