Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency starts filming a second season today. The filmed-in-Vancouver first season of eight episodes of the surreal detective series — inspired by the cult novel by Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams — is set in Seattle with Samuel Barnett (Jupiter Ascending) as the eccentric detective and Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings) as his loner assistant Todd. Together they investigate seemingly unrelated cases which turn out to be connected to a larger supernatural mystery.
Oh hi Vancouver! Shall we do season two of Dirk Gently? Ok then, let’s.
— Samuel Barnett (@mrSamuelBarnett) May 3, 2017
And so it begins. @DirkGentlyBBCA @netflix @BBCAMERICA #rowdy3 pic.twitter.com/6F8WRFKGRl
— Michael Eklund (@MichaelEklund) May 3, 2017
 
Dirk Gently Season 2 starts filming tomorrow.
— Max Landis (@Uptomyknees) May 7, 2017
The Rowdy Boys — Michael Eklund, Viv Leacock, Zak Santiago and Osric Chau -— will be back. Osric Chau is upped to a series regular.
And Tyler Labine joins the cast as Sherlock Hobbs, ” an under-stimulated but overly enthusiastic” small-town sheriff, who helps Dirk Gently & Co. solve the season 2 mystery.
Image credit: Jack Plunkett/AP.
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is expected to film from May 8th to August 30th (dates subject to change) in metro Vancouver with the working title Sculptor.