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The future of Time Bandits on Apple TV+ has been revealed. Unfortunately for fans of the series, it's not good news at all.

Per Deadline, it's been reported that Time Bandits has been canceled after one season. The news comes less than a month after the show ended its freshman season on Apple TV+, concluding on Aug. 21 after initially debuting on July 24. Consisting of 10 episodes in total, the first and only season released two episodes together on a weekly basis. While the show garnered a respectable 78% score on Rotten Tomatoes, its viewership was not particularly high, as Time Bandits failed to crack the Nielsen Top 10 rankings for streaming titles.

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Time Bandits star Lisa Kudrow reveals the unorthodox way she was offered the role of Penelope in the Apple TV+ fantasy series.

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Warning! This article contains Spoilers for Time Bandits (1981) and Time Bandits season 1.

Time Bandits season 1 brings a fresh take on the classic movie, offering new storylines and character developments. The show diverges in casting choices, featuring diverse actors and a more detailed exploration of the time bandits' characters. Changes in historical figures and character fates differentiate the show from the original movie, setting up the potential for season 2.

Time Bandits season 1 revealed many differences between the 2024 Taika Waititi show and the 1981 Terry Gilliam movie it was based on. The 1980s fantasy movie was adapted into an Apple TV+ show that featured 10 episodes in its first season, allowing for an expansion of the story. Along with this expanded story came many changes, though they followed similar premises, making it a clear remake rather than a show inspired by the movie.

Perhaps the biggest changes between the show and the movie came...

Time Bandits star Lisa Kudrow recently shared that Taika Waititi slid into her DMs to ask her if she would star in the Apple TV+ series. According to the former Friends star, getting her to sign on to the fantasy adventure project didn't take much convincing.

In an interview with Collider, Kudrow confirmed reports that Waititi offered her the role of Penelope, leader of the Time Bandits, via a Dm. "I was thrilled. Id met him once at my friends house and had been a huge fan. I just met him really briefly, and then got this [message] that said, 'Hey, would you ever consider working in New Zealand?'" she recalled. "I was like, 'Well, Ive always wanted to go to New Zealand. It depends on what [it is].' And he was like, 'Oh, Jemaine Clement and I wrote a show thats based on Time Bandits.' And I just went,...

Warning: contains spoilers for Time Bandits (1981) & (2024) episodes one & two.

“Strong language, self-harm references & violence. This programme isn’t suitable for younger viewers,” is the warning from Channel4.com to anybody currently wishing to stream Terry Gilliam’s 1981 fantasy adventure film Time Bandits in the UK. Despite the film’s “G” (all ages admitted) rating, the streamer asks viewers to confirm that they’re over the age of 16 before it will play.

An overreaction, or fair dos, in light of the film’s meaty battle scenes and famously bleak ending?

The Original Time Bandits Ending

In the film’s final scenes, 11-year-old Kevin (Craig Warnock) awakens in his own bed following a series of perilous adventures through history with a band of time-travelling wannabe thieves played by actors with dwarfism.

After romping through Napoleon’s battlefields, having a hand in the killing of the Minotaur, experiencing the sinking of the Titanic,...

Time Bandits may not be one and done. Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, who developed the modern-day reimagining of the beloved 1981 film, recently revealed that a second season is being written.

Speaking with ComicBook.com to promote the upcoming Apple TV+ series, Clement shared that a second season is in the process of being written, although it has not officially received the greenlight from the streamer yet. "We are actually writing a second season, but it depends on if people watch the first season. If no one watches it, we throw it away in a bin," he said. "But I cannot tell you because I don't want to spoil the second season." Time Bandits is the latest collaboration between Waititi and Clement after the What We Do in the Shadows franchise.

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Tony Robinson’s much loved 1990s Cbbc sitcom Maid Marian And Her Merry Men is heading to the stage this year, here are the details.

Though Tony Robinson is best known as dim-witted servant Baldrick alongside Rowan Atkinson across several iterations of Blackadder, to a certain generation he is creator, writer as well as playing the role of the Sherrif of Nottingham in Maid Marian and Her Merry Men. A classic show, which ran for four series on the BBC from 1989 to 1994.

For kids TV trivia fans, it is thanks to Maid Marian that Russell T Davies got his start in writing television drama.

Funding and studio time was booked for Maid Marian in 1991, but it was put on hiatus. Davies submitted his script for children’s sci-fi serial Dark Season to both the Head of Cbbc and to Granada. Both were interested, but Cbbc’s offer was better, Maid...

Jabba the Hutt defines "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi." A massive alien creature puppet made by staff who cut their teeth on "The Dark Crystal," he took "four tons of clay" to produce (per J.W. Rinzler's "The Making of Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi") and was barely finished in time for the film. Puppeteer Toby Philpott called him "probably the most expensive puppet that's ever been made" in the Jabba-centric documentary "Slimy Piece of Worm-Ridden Filth." His Tatooine palace set saw the "Star Wars" production staff aiming to outdo the famous Cantina scene in "A New Hope." So garish was his environs that the production staff paid to obtain rare frogs for the set, so that Jabba could pretend to eat plastic versions of them. 

To some, Jabba was an inconvenience. To others, he was an inspiration. But perhaps nobody else on set had a relationship...

In this edition of Star Wars Bits:

Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023."Star Wars: The Bad Batch" reviews and breakdowns."Star Wars Galaxy of Creatures" is back!Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023

Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 announced more guests attending the convention, which will be held April 7-10, 2023, at ExCeL London. Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian), Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka Tano), Gwendoline Christie (Captain Phasma), Joonas Suotamo (Chewbacca), and Ming-Na Wen (Fennec Shand) will be in attendance. Joining them are Aidan Cook (Doctor Quadpaw), Silas Carson (Ki-Adi-Mundi and Nute Gunray), and Matthew Wood (General Grievous). 

Also, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi," you can expect many cast members from the film to be in attendance, including Michael Carter (Bib Fortuna), Sean Crawford (Yak Face), Tim Dry (J'Quille), Femi Taylor (Oola), Mike Edmonds (Logray), Mike Quinn (Nien Nunb), Tim Rose (Admiral Ackbar), and Caroline Blakiston (Mon Mothma).

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The world premiere of Canadian documentary ‘Krow’s Transformation’ will open the festival.

Krow’s Transformation, a documentary by Canadian director Gina Hole Lazarowich, will open the UK’s Raindaince Film Festival next month (September18-29). It is one of 13 world premieres screening at the festival.

The documentary tells the story of transgender model Krow Klan, a prominent former female model who begins a three-year transition to the male gender. It chronicles major cornerstones in their life such as walking the Louis Vuitton SS19 Paris show.

The festival will close with the UK premiere of German filmmaker Susanne Heinrich’s Aren’t You Happy?...

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Tony Robinson’s revisionist Robin Hood children’s comedy series, out now on limited edition DVD, was a hoot…

In the mid-eighties, my teenage sister amused herself by teaching me to say “a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle”. Not being a six-year-old well-versed in the rhetorical techniques of social emancipation, I didn’t get it. (I’d seen a flea circus; why mightn’t fish find a use for bikes?) My feminist awakening was obviously going to have to wait.

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But not long, it turned out. One copy of Babette Cole’s Princess Smartypants picked from the Year Three reading table later and I was feeling pretty woke.

Danny John-Jules has voiced his approval of a potential Maid Marian and Her Merry Men reunion.

Creator Sir Tony Robinson recently said that he might return to the classic BBC children's comedy "one day".

Red Dwarf actor John-Jules - who played merry man Barrington in the show - said he would definitely like to be involved if the project came to fruition.

"Man, I'd be there like greased cheetah s**t," he told Digital Spy. "I'd be there in a minute.

"To me, it's still probably the - or at least one of the - best children's shows ever made. And the fact it won the Prix Jeunesse award? I think the BBC hadn't won that for 10 years or something.

"The first series won a Royal Television Society award, a Bafta and a Prix Jeunesse. It was like, 'My god, this is the first series and we've won all these,...

Sir Tony Robinson has said that he is "proud" of his classic children's TV series Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, which marks its 25th anniversary this year.

The Blackadder actor created and starred in the BBC comedy, which ran for four series from 1989 to 1994.

"That was the first series that I had artistic control over," he told Digital Spy. "It was just me and my friend David Bell, who was the director, and we made all the decisions.

"You just wouldn't be able to make a series in that way for British television now, there would be too many commissioning editors leaning over your back."

He continued: "We were given a remarkably good budget and were totally allowed to see our vision through. I'm really glad that I was able to do that, and I'm still very proud of it."

When asked if there was any chance of a reunion,...

Stars: Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Ralph Richardson, Peter Vaughan, David Warner, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, Malcolm Dixon, Mike Edmonds, Jack Purvis, Tiny Ross | Written by Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin | Directed by Terry Gilliam

Time Bandits was first released in 1981. A family adventure film that sported a fantastic and massive cast of names, with the likes of Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm and Michael Palin, among others. It was like a fantastical family film with the cast of Monty Python.

Director and another former Python, Terry Gilliam, who went on to direct such incredible cinematic events as Brazil, Twelve Monkeys and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas was behind the camera here, much like he was in the Monty Python movies and it feels very similar to his previous work in many ways. Surreal and at times incredibly weird, Time Bandits just feels like a Gilliam film.

Invasion is coming to Dublin for the May bank holiday weekend, in Citywest. Experience life size crafts, movie props, Stormtroopers and more amazingly costumed characters than you can shake a lightsaber at. Besides that check out the memorabilia and merchandise stands, get your photo taken in the Death Star throne room, partake in huge Q&A’s. And there’s more! Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) makes his first Irish appearance. Joining the original owner of the Millennium Falcon will be James Arnold Taylor (see the video below), Jeremy Bulloch (Boba Fett), Mike Edmonds (Logray and Jabba puppeteer) and Will Sliney (artist and animator). We have some family passes up for grabs (2 adults + 2 kids) for Invasion Dublin. To enter, fill out the details below…Comp closes May 3rd Loading...

Fantasy worlds are colliding in a town shopping centre this weekend.

Actors from Star Wars, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Avatar and The Chronicles of Narnia will descend on The Harvey Centre in Harlow, Essex, this bank holiday for its second Comic Book and Sci-Fi Weekend.

Visitors will be able to collect a free comic and meet Stormtroopers who will be on hand to greet fans and collect for their nominated charity, the Nspcc.

Guests include Kai Owen (Rhys Williams in Torchwood), Shane Rangi (The Chronicles of Narnia, Avatar, Lord of the Rings), Warwick Davis (Wicket the Ewok in Star Wars Return of the Jedi, Professor Flitwick in Harry Potter) and R2D2 actor Kenny Baker.

Also there are Scott Capurro (Beed in Star Wars Episode One), Colin Baker (pictured above, the 6th Doctor Who) and Tim Rose, Mike Edmonds and Nick Briggs who have supplied the voices of the Daleks and Cybermen in Doctor Who,...

While promoting a charity bike ride he will be doing as part of the Thorpe Bay Rotary Club, actor Mike Edmonds has reported (http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/4547826.Ewok_actor_is_taking_part_in_charity_Fouslness_Island_bike_ride/) that he will play a Gringotts goblin in Deathly Hallows, and will begin filming this October alongside Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Helena Bonham Carter and Warwick Davis. ---Quote--- I start filming for Harry Potter in October and I’m really looking forward to it.” ---End Quote--- A photo of Mike can be seen here (http://www.snitchseeker.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-50616): Image: http://www.snitchseeker.com/gallery/albums/userpics/84186/mURI_temp_3ef195e8.jpg Source: Leaky News (http://www.the-leaky-cauldron.org/t/2009/8/17/gringotts-bank-scenes-for-harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-due-to-be-filmed-in-october)...