The Wrap reports that Apple’s upcoming series adaptation of the acclaimed 1981 Terry Gilliam sci-fi adventure Time Bandits has found its director in Thor: Ragnarok visionary Taika Waititi.
The pilot of the series, which was announced July 2018 when Anonymous Content, Paramount Television, Media Rights Capital and Apple acquired the rights to a series adaptation, will be co-written and directed by Waititi and executive produced by Gilliam, Waititi and Dan Halsted.
Despite this success the film never received a followup, although it influenced such properties as Harry Potter and Bill & Ted.
This will mark the second time a Gilliam film has been translated to TV after his 1995 hit 12 Monkeys was made into a hit TV series on Syfy, which lasted four seasons.