EntertainmentStreamingApple to revive sci-fi with 91% on Rotten Tomatoes – 42 years after original movieTime Bandits returns as a new Apple TV+ seriesWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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Time Bandits returns as a new Apple TV+ series
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If there’s one thing that has been confirmed time and again in the last decade or so, it’s that people love a reboot – so many movies and series have returned in new guises to rave reviews.
The latest to join those ranks is a slightly less predictable one, but Apple TV+ will be hoping that it helps to cement its place asthe best streaming serviceavailable right now. It’s revivingTime Banditsas a streaming series, starringFriends' Lisa Kudrow.
The show was announced a while back, but we’ve now got the double whammy of both a release date (24 July, at least for its premiere) and the first teaser image of the show, which you can see up above, and in the announcement post from Apple below.
Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement reimagine the 1981 film about a group of time-travelers blundering through history. pic.twitter.com/Fu6yfVg9qeJuly 1, 2024
Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement reimagine the 1981 film about a group of time-travelers blundering through history. pic.twitter.com/Fu6yfVg9qeJuly 1, 2024
Apple has already confirmed the brains behind the show – Hollywood darling Taika Waititi and old collaborator Jemaine Clement – which should ensure that it has plenty of the whimsy and off-beat charm that so marked the original movie.
That movie came out all the way back in 1981, so it’s of a really venerable age now, but it’s still entirely beloved thanks to whacky performances and a fun tone. It tells the story of a gang of oddballs who travel through time having fairly low-stakes adventures most of the time, which seems like a perfect milieu for Waititi.
Time Banditsisn’t something to take lightly, though – it has a longstanding 91% score onRotten Tomatoesto its name, so it’s hardly some obscure franchise that can be retooled as its new showrunners see fit. It’ll be fascinating to see how the team have changed things.
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We know that the show will run through 10 episodes, and that this is being billed as “Season 1” rather noticeably, so you’d assume that Apple hopes to make more down the line. It’ll help fill out Apple TV+’s family-friendly content, too, which is an area where it has some catching up to do compared to the likes of Disney+ and Netflix.
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