Lisa Kudrow is making yet another comeback to TV, and this one will be her strangest yet as the Friends and Comeback actress will lead the cast of Taika Waititi’s Time Bandits for Apple TV+.
Per Deadline, joining Kudrow as series regulars on the series adaptation of the 1981 Terry Gilliam movie. are Kal-El Tuck (Unseeing Evil), Charlyne Yi (Knocked Up), Tadhg Murphy (Conversations With Friends), Roger Jean Nsengiyumva (You Don’t Know Me), Rune Temte (Eddie the Eagle), Kiera Thompson (Martyrs Lane) and Rachel House (Heartbreak High).
In this adaptation, Kudrow plays Penelope; Tuck portrays Kevin; Yi is Judy; Murphy plays Alto; Nsengiyumva is Widgit; Temte portrays Bittelig; Thompson plays Saffron and House is Fianna.
Waititi will base this series on the 1981 fantasy film Time Bandits co-written, directed, and produced by Terry Gilliam. The film starred Sean Connery, John Cleese, Shelley Duvall, Ralph Richardson, Katherine Helmond, Ian Holm, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughan, and David Warner.
Waititi will direct the first two episodes of the 10-episode series, which is described as “a comedic journey through time and space with a ragtag group of thieves and their newest recruit: an eleven-year-old history nerd”.
