‘Time Bandits’ Canceled at Apple TV+ After One Season

Apple TV+ gained’t reset the clock on Time Bandits.

The tech big’s streaming service has canceled the sequence, an adaptation of a 1981 characteristic movie by Terry Gilliam, after a single season. The information comes lower than 4 weeks after Time Bandits accomplished its 10-episode first season on Aug. 21.

As is the case with most streaming sequence, viewing figures for Time Bandits aren’t publicly obtainable. The present didn’t break into Nielsen’s prime 10 unique streaming sequence within the first 4 weeks of its run (Apple TV+ launched two episodes per week). Critics had been largely optimistic on the present; The Hollywood Reporter’s Daniel Fienberg wrote that significantly within the second half of the season, Time Bandits is “actively humorous and intelligent and just a bit bit emotional.”

Just like the movie, the sequence follows a younger historical past buff (Kal-El Tuck) who’s recruited to affix a band of thieves who transfer by way of time stealing valuable objects. Lisa Kudrow performs the chief of the group; Charlyne Yi, Tadhg Murphy, Rune Temte and Roger Jean Nsengiyumva additionally star.

The now-shuttered Paramount Tv Studios, Nameless Content material and MRC Tv produced the present. Taika Waititi and co-showrunners Jemaine Clement and Iain Morris created Time Bandits, based mostly on characters created by Gilliam and Michael Palin, and govt produced with Garrett Basch, Tim Coddington and Jane Stanton of Handmade Movies, which produced the film.