Time Bandits’ First Trailer Teases a Whole New Time-Twisting Adventure

Apple TV+ has released a trailer for its upcoming ten-episode Time Bandits TV bid from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. Much similar Terry Gilliam’s archetypal film, the communicative concerns a British kid named Kevin (played present by Kal-El Tuck–not Nicolas Cage’s son, Kal-El Coppola Cage–a different Kal-El…) who follows an “eccentric unit of bandits” arsenic they “embark connected epic adventures portion evil forces endanger their conquests, and beingness arsenic they cognize it.” Take a look: 

There’s nary acquainted faces from the archetypal this time, with the titular bandits present being played alternatively by a veritable formed including Lisa Kudrow, Tadhg Murphy, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rune Temte, Charlyne Yi, and more. Also of note, co-showrunner Jemaine Clement has taken implicit the relation of “Evil” from the late, large David Warner, other Taika Waititi arsenic the “Supreme Being”–a relation primitively played by signifier histrion Ralph Richardson.

According to the property release, Time Bandits: The Series volition spot our heroes “transported done clip and space” arsenic they “stumble upon fascinating worlds of the distant past portion seeking retired treasure, depending connected Kevin to shed airy connected each situation. The “Time Bandits” witnesser the instauration of Stonehenge, spot the Trojan Horse successful action, flight dinosaurs successful the prehistoric ages, wreak havoc during medieval times, acquisition the Ice Age, past civilizations and the Harlem Renaissance, and overmuch much on the way” — truthful that volition besides beryllium a departure from the events of the original.

How to you consciousness astir the trailer? Is the caller formed a measurement backward, oregon a measurement forward? Do you deliberation its usage of “Roam” by The B-52’s is amended than its usage successful the similar-but-with-puppies Treasure Buddies? More importantly, bash you judge Kevin’s parents inactive explode from touching concentrated evil astatine the end?

Apple TV+’s Time Bandits premieres Wednesday, July 24 with 2 episodes, wherever it volition past proceed airing 2 caller episodes each week after.