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Time Bandits has been canceled.

Michaela Zee “Time Bandits” has been canceled by Apple TV+ after one season, Variety has confirmed. The fantasy series, starring Lisa Kudrow, follows a group of thieves and their newest recruit — an 11-year-old boy named Kevin (Kal-El Tuck) — hopping across time and space to plunder riches. Jemaine Clement, Iain Morris and Taika Waititi created the series adaptation of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 cult classic, with Clement and Morris serving as co-showrunners.

Time Bandits series charts its own clever course through history.The original movie, written by Gilliam and Monty Python mate Michael Palin, and featuring Palin and John Cleese in supporting roles, served up an eccentric, ruefully sardonic take on myth and modern times.The titular bandits, having stolen God’s map of the universe, had decided to use the all-powerful tool to hopscotch through time, ransacking wealth from the likes of Napoleon, Robin Hood, and King Agamemnon.Along the way, the Bandits, portrayed by six talented men of short stature, crashed through a time portal into the present-day bedroom of 11-year-old history buff Kevin, who was whisked off on the adventure of his life.Not only a spirited, escapist fantasy aimed at kids, Gilliam’s movie was a visual marvel that took fearless turns into dark corners of greed, consumerism, loss, and abandonment. The film’s notoriously bleak ending boldly subverted the common fairy tale that as long as the kid hero makes it home safe from Oz, then all will be rainbows and sunshine.The ten-episode series dabbles in such darkness, but series creators Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi don’t let the show live there.This Time Bandits — following the same premise of hurtling through history searching for loot and treasure — leans much harder on the humor, and that’s where it shines.

EXCLUSIVE: Norwegian actor Rune Temte (Time Bandits) has signed with Artist International Group for management.

Lisa Kudrow has a new show lined up.The beauty will star in Taika Waititi's Apple TV+ series Time Bandits, Deadline reported on Wednesday.  The 59-year-old Friends actress will play a character named Penelope in the show. The comedienne joins a cast which already boasts Kal-El Tuck from Unseeing Evil, House star Charlyne Yi and Martyrs Lane actress Kiera Thompson.  Starring role: Lisa Kudrow will star in Taika Waititi's Apple TV+ series Time Bandits, Deadline reported on Wednesday (pictured June 2022)Deadline also reported that Apple has finally greenlit the project which has been in development since 2019.  Taika will also direct the first two episodes of the series which follows 'a young boy who discovers a time-traveling portal in his bedroom,' according to the series' IMDb page. The movie is based on Terry Gilliam's 1981 film of the same name which starred Sean Connery, John Cleese, Ian Holm and many more famous stars from Great Britain.  Star-studded cast: She joins a cast which already boasts Kal-El Tuck from Unseeing Evil, House star Charlyne Yi and Martyrs Lane actress Kiera Thompson (pictured July 2022) His series: Taika will also direct the first two episodes of the series which follows 'a young boy who discovers a time-traveling portal in his bedroom,' according to the series' IMDb page Source material: The movie is based on Terry Gilliam's 1981 film of the same name which starred Sean Connery, John Cleese, Ian Holm and many more famous stars from Great BritainTime Bandits does not currently have a release date. Kudrow's part in Time Bandits is just her latest in a long string of acting roles she's had in recent months. She is in the process of filming The Parenting which follows a couple who rent a house with

Lisa Kudrow (The Comeback) has been tapped to lead the ensemble cast of Time Bandits, Apple’s TV series adaptation of the beloved Terry Gilliam-directed movie, co-written, directed and executive produced by Taika Waititi (Our Flag Means Death), Joining Kudrow as series regulars are Kal-El Tuck (Unseeing Evil), Charlyne Yi (Knocked Up), Tadhg Murphy (Conversations With Friends), Roger Jean Nsengiyumva (You Don’t Know Me), Rune Temte (Eddie the Eagle), Kiera Thompson (Martyrs Lane) and Rachel House (Heartbreak High). The casting announcement also confirms the official series greenlight for the project, which had been in development at Apple since 2019.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The “Time Bandits” TV series at Apple from Taika Waititi has found its main cast, Variety has learned. Joining the series are: Lisa Kudrow (“Friends,” “The Comeback” as Penelope; Kal-El Tuck (“Unseeing Evil,” “Band in the Sand”) as Kevin; Charlyne Yi (“Knocked up,” “Paper Heart”) as Judy; Tadhg Murphy (“Conversations with Friends,” “Black Sails”) as Alto; Roger Jean Nsengiyumva (“You Don’t know Me,” “Tomb Raider”) as Widgit; Rune Temte (“The Last Kingdom,” “Captain Marvel”) as Bittelig; Kiera Thompson (“Martyrs Lane,” “Salisbury Poisonings”) as Saffron; and Rachel House (“Heartbreak High,” “Thor Ragnarok”) as Fianna.