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Eadie Galactic Ambassador
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 2:53 pm Post subject: Time Bandits TV Series (?) |
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https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/taika-waititi-time-bandits-series-apple-1203160217/
Taika Waititi is turning his attention to possibly his whackiest project yet.
The Thor: Ragnarok director is set to helm Apple’s TV adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 fantasy flick Time Bandits, which is currently in development.
The original film told the crazy, multi-dimensional story of an English youngster, Kevin, who discovers his wardrobe contains a time hole. A group of six dwarfs come through the hole and proceed to lead Kevin on a series of adventures across history, making stops in ancient Greece, the Middle Ages, Napoleonic times and the early 1900s, before confronting Evil when they arrive at the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness.
The film starred Gilliam’s fellow Monty Python collaborator John Cleese, as well as Sean Connery and The Lord of the Rings actor Ian Holm.
Apple’s adaptation will be co-produced by Paramount TV, Anonymous Content, and Media Rights Capital. Waititi will direct and co-write the pilot, as well as executive producing alongside Gilliam and producer Dan Halsted.
Waititi was recently announced as one of several directors for the Disney+ STAR WARS: The Mandalorian. The TV adaptation of his horror mockumentary What We Do in the Shadows premieres March 27 on FX, and his next film, Jojo Rabbit, is slated to comes out this fall. _________________ ____________
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Bud Brewster Galactic Fleet Admiral (site admin)
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Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2019 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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This sounds interesting, Eadie!
I wondered it I should move this thread to Sci-Fi on TV, but it seems to be listed as "fantasy" everywhere I look. We'll wait and see if it seems like science fiction when it comes out, and if so I'll movie it later. _________________ ____________
Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)
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