'Thor: Ragnarok' Director to Tackle TV Adaptation of Terry Gilliam's 'Time Bandits'

Coming on board the Apple series, Taika Waititi is tapped to co-write and direct the pilot as well as to serve as executive producer alongside the '12 Monkeys' director.

March 12, 2019

AceShowbiz - "Thor: Ragnarok" director Taika Waititi has boarded the TV series adaptation of Terry Gilliam's cult 1981 film "Time Bandits".

Waititi will co-write and direct the pilot for the potential Apple series, while he will also serve as executive producer, alongside Gilliam.

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Apple bosses snapped up the rights to turn the fantasy into a TV series last year (2018).

Gilliam's original followed an 11 year old's time travel adventures with six dwarfs, who steal a map that charts all the holes in the space-time fabric, allowing the merry band to jump from one historical era to the next.

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