Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam Says a ‘Time Bandits’ Television Series Is a ‘Possibility’

During an online chat with readers of The Guardian, Monty Python member and director Terry Gilliam mentioned that a television series based on his 1981 film Time Bandits is a "possibility." The question came from reader Stephen Smith who asked,

With all the difficulties surrounding the film industry - tax brakes, remakes, super hero monopolies and general lack of imagination -, are you looking to TV or any of the online content providers as potential outlets for your brand of film making?

To which Gilliam replied,

Yes I am! We are involved in two possibilities - one, a TV series based on Time Bandits, another based on a script by Richard LaGravanese and I wrote after Fisher King, called The Defective Detective. We're currently adapting a two hour film into a six hour series. It's about a middle aged New York cop who was once a hero who has grown fat and cynical and is in the middle of a breakdown, ending up in a child's fantasy world where the rules of the mean streets of New York no longer apply. The best way to kill a dragon is no longer a gun, but a tree branch you think is a sword.

Gilliam has an existing deal with Amazon, so it is likely the series would appear on that company's Amazon Prime Video platform.

photo via Time Bandits

via The Guardian, /Film