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All the book-based movies and TV shows adapted by Max Landis

Max Landis is known for adapting The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, the book by Douglas Adams published in 2014, for television.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the TV series is better.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 1988 book, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
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The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Douglas Adams, 1988
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Max Landis, 2016-2017

The series is based around the eccentric Dirk Gently who claims to be a holistic detective, investigating obscure cases based on the inter-connectivity of all things. Dirk is not only followed by agents of Blackwing trying to recapture him but also by Bart Curlish, another Blackwing subject who considers herself a holistic assassin and believes she is destined to kill Dirk.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 1987 book
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Douglas Adams, 1987
TV series vs book
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Max Landis, 2016-2017

The series is based around the eccentric Dirk Gently who claims to be a holistic detective, investigating obscure cases based on the inter-connectivity of all things. Dirk is not only followed by agents of Blackwing trying to recapture him but also by Bart Curlish, another Blackwing subject who considers herself a holistic assassin and believes she is destined to kill Dirk.

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Poster of the 2016 TV series and cover of the 2002 book, The Salmon of Doubt
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The Salmon of Doubt
Douglas Adams, 2002
TV series vs book
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Max Landis, 2016-2017

The series is based around the eccentric Dirk Gently who claims to be a holistic detective, investigating obscure cases based on the inter-connectivity of all things. Dirk is not only followed by agents of Blackwing trying to recapture him but also by Bart Curlish, another Blackwing subject who considers herself a holistic assassin and believes she is destined to kill Dirk.