![]() Without that, you just have a bunch of dwarves running around time and space stealing things… and who’d watch that? Oh, who are we kidding? We’d watch that every day of the week. There was also talk last year about re-releasing the original film in 3D, which probably would’ve looked amazing with all the flying through space shots… but nothing ever came of it.Īs for the remake, I don’t think anyone ever wanted to see Time Bandits for the action…you saw it for the weird, idiosyncratic storyingtelling of Terry Gilliam. It of course never got made, but you can read a review of the script here. Sure keeping Marvel fans happy is a full-time job, but this was a movie that left a generation of Kiwi kids shocked and horrified. Back in the 90’s Gilliam and his co-writer on the original film, Charles McKeown, worked on a sequel which would’ve had the kids of some of the Time Bandits stealing the map and escaping through time to prevent the Supreme Being from turning off the universe at the end of the millennium. OPINION: Taika Waititi’s latest project has a lot to live up to. Incidentally, this isn’t the first attempt to make Time Bandits a franchise. (Although they didn’t have anything to do with the original film, as they joined Handmade in 2000.) Variety is reporting that they’re looking to remake the film as a “bigscreen kids action franchise.” Time Bandit is an action/adventure video game that was written originally for the TRS-80 Model I and soon ported to the TRS-80 Color Computer, but enjoyed its greatest popularity on the Atari ST and Amiga. The project is the brainchild of Guy Collins and Michael Ryan, two former execs from Handmade Films, the production company that made the original Time Bandits. Time Bandit: The Arcade Adventure is a Three-Quarters View Shoot Em Up Maze Game with some Adventure Game elements, originally written for the TRS-80 Model I and ported to the Color Computer and Dragon32. But it looks like we’re going to have to, as plans are moving forward for a remake of his 1981 dwarf epic Time Bandits. When going up against Netflix, Apple will need to bring the big guns to pull in some of their geek-minded subscribers who are already eyeing other streaming services such as DC Universe and Disney’s untitled service which will include both original “Star Wars” and “Marvel” content.It’s hard to imagine a Terry Gilliam film being made by anyone else. Night Shyamalan drama, and potentially ‘See’ to cater to science fiction fans. They also already have Steven Spielberg’s ‘ Amazing Stories‘, David Goyer’s take on ‘ Foundation‘, an untitled Ronald D. That being said, we do know that ‘Apple’ wants to create original content but they already have over a dozen shows which are in production for a streaming service which has yet to be launched. This movie is a classic comedy that could easily lend itself to a more extended format of storytelling. For those who aren’t familiar with this iconic tale, it follows an imaginative boy who travels through time with a group of dwarves to try and steal some of the greatest riches in history. If this is picked up, the reboot of the iconic feature film will be delivered as an ongoing series and Gilliam will assume the role of Executive Producer.Īs we’ve seen with ’12 Monkeys’, the creator has had no issues with his past films being adapted into an ongoing series. ![]() Apple is still working on jumping into the original content game, and their next big bet is a remake of the classic 1981 movie ‘ Time Bandits,‘ which was originally written and directed by Terry Gilliam (‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail,’ ‘The Fisher King.’).
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