Four years ago, Taika Waititi was revealed as the director of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 extraterrestrial sci-fi comedy Time Bandits for Apple+ TV.
The cast has now been announced and will be led by Lisa Kudrow as Penelope and Kal-El Tuck as the main character Kevin.
Tadhg Murphy, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, and Rune Temte will also star, according to Variety
The first two Time Bandits episodes will be directed by Waititi, who also co-wrote the pilot.
The series is described as “a comedic journey through time and space with a ragtag group of thieves and their newest recruit: an 11-year-old history nerd.”
