{"id":5847,"date":"2016-03-30T10:53:57","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T14:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/samuel-barnett-cast-in-title-role-of-bbc-americas-dirk-gently\/"},"modified":"2016-03-30T17:19:27","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T21:19:27","slug":"samuel-barnett-cast-in-title-role-of-bbc-americas-dirk-gently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/samuel-barnett-cast-in-title-role-of-bbc-americas-dirk-gently\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Barnett Cast in Title Role of BBC America&#8217;s Dirk Gently"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: Samuel Barnett (<em>Twelfth Night<\/em>, <em>The History Boys<\/em>, <em>Penny Dreadful<\/em>) has been cast in the title role of BBC America\u2019s new original scripted series <em>Dirk Gently<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes on the heels of Elijah Wood (<em>The Trust<\/em>, <em>Cooties<\/em>, <em>Wilfred<\/em>) being cast in the role of Todd, assistant to the eccentric \u201cholistic\u201d detective Dirk Gently. The series, an adaptation of Douglas Adams\u2019 comic novels, debuts this fall on BBC America.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Cooper (<em>Stargate Atlantis<\/em>, <em>Stargate Universe<\/em>) has been named series\u2019 showrunner and Oscar-winning director Dean Parisot (<em>Galaxy Quest<\/em>, <em>Justified<\/em>, <em>Masters of Sex<\/em>) has signed on to direct the series\u2019 first two episodes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Dirk Gently<\/em>\u2019s characters are complete originals,\u201d said Sarah Barnett, the president and general manager of BBC America. \u201cSam Barnett and Elijah Wood\u2014who represent genius talent from both sides of the Atlantic\u2014will brilliantly play these unique roles. Plus, with Robert Cooper and Dean Parisot joining Max Landis, the <em>Dirk Gently<\/em> creative team is now tremendously interconnected through great experience and thrilling vision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: Samuel Barnett (Twelfth Night, The History Boys, Penny Dreadful) has been cast in the title role of BBC America\u2019s new original scripted series Dirk Gently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":5848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[598,638],"class_list":["post-5847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-dirk-gently","tag-samuel-barnett","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Samuel Barnett Cast in Title Role of BBC America&#039;s Dirk Gently - 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