- Original name: Time bandits
- Country: UK, USA
- Genre: fantasy, fantasy, comedy, adventure
- Producer: T. Waititi
- World premiere: 2021
- Premiere in Russia: 2021
In 2021, the eponymous remake of the fantasy-comedy "Bandits in Time" from 1981 directed by Terry Gilliam will be released. The pilot co-directed by Apple will be directed by Taika Waititi, who will also serve as executive producer on the project. The plot revolves around a crazy multidimensional story about an 11-year-old young boy who discovers a time travel portal in his bedroom. The release date of the series and the trailer for the series "Bandits in Time" with a fantastic plot are expected in 2021, the actors are still unknown.
Expectations rating - 96%.
Plot
11-year-old Kevin discovers a magical portal in his bedroom closet that can be used to travel through time. The boy also finds six dwarf bandits there. They tell Kevin that they travel through the temporary portal to find treasures using a special map indicating such temporary portals. But these bandits are haunted by the spirit of the Supreme Being, so they have to flee, taking Kevin with them. Now they all find themselves in the most amazing situations together: from sailing on the Titanic to visiting the Robin Hood forest.
Production
Director, co-producer and co-scriptwriter - Taika Waititi ("Jojo the Rabbit", "Thor: Ragnarok", "The Mandalorian", "Flight of the Concords", "What are we doing in the shadows").
Voiceover team:
- Screenplay: T. Waititi, Terry Gilliam (Monty Python and the Holy Grail);
- T. Gilliam, Dan Halstead (Every Sunday, Beyond the Boundary), T. Waititi.
Studios: Anonymous Content, Media Rights Capital, Paramount Television.
Actors
Leading roles:
- not announced.
Interesting Facts
Did you know that:
- The rating of the original sci-fi comedy "Time Bandits" (1981): KinoPoisk - 6.8, IMDb - 7.0. Painting budget: $ 5 million. Box office: in the US - $ 42,365,581.
- The project is being developed for the Apple stream platform. The Apple adaptation will be co-produced by Paramount TV, Anonymous Content and MRC.
- Production for the series was announced in the summer of 2018.
The trailer for the series "Bandits in Time" has not yet appeared on the network, the release date is set for 2021, the plot is known, but the cast has not yet been announced.