Apple Hires Taika Waititi To Create Time Bandits Series

Taika Waititi has been hired to helm a television adaptation of 1981 fantasy film 'Time Bandits.' Digital Trends reports Waititi will write and direct the series for Apple. Terry Gilliam’s original movie is about a boy who gets caught up in a time- and space-traveling adventure with a group of dwarves. According to The Wrap, Waititi will also serve as an executive producer on the show along with Gilliam and Dan Halsted.