{"id":81879,"date":"2022-09-29T15:57:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lisa-kudrow-to-star-in-taika-waititis-series-time-bandits-based-on-the-1981-movie-of-same-name\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T15:57:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:57:35","slug":"lisa-kudrow-to-star-in-taika-waititis-series-time-bandits-based-on-the-1981-movie-of-same-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/lisa-kudrow-to-star-in-taika-waititis-series-time-bandits-based-on-the-1981-movie-of-same-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Kudrow to star in Taika Waititi’s series Time Bandits based on the 1981 movie of same name"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lisa Kudrow has been cast in a remake of the 1981 movie Time Bandits about a boy who discovers a time-traveling portal with Taika Waititi as director<\/h2>\n

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Lisa Kudrow has a new show lined up.<\/p>\n

The beauty will star in Taika Waititi’s Apple TV+ series Time Bandits, Deadline reported on Wednesday. The 59-year-old Friends actress will play a character named Penelope in the show. <\/p>\n

The comedienne joins a cast which already boasts Kal-El Tuck from Unseeing Evil, House star Charlyne Yi and Martyrs Lane actress Kiera Thompson. <\/p>\n

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Starring role: Lisa Kudrow will star in Taika Waititi’s Apple TV+ series Time Bandits, Deadline reported on Wednesday (pictured June 2022)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Deadline also reported that Apple has finally greenlit the project which has been in development since 2019. <\/p>\n

Taika will also direct the first two episodes of the series which follows ‘a young boy who discovers a time-traveling portal in his bedroom,’ according to the series’ IMDb page. <\/p>\n

The movie is based on Terry Gilliam’s 1981 movie of the same name which starred Sean Connery, John Cleese, Ian Holm and many more famous stars from Great Britain. <\/p>\n

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Star-studded cast: She joins a cast which already boasts Kal-El Tuck from Unseeing Evil, House star Charlyne Yi and Martyrs Lane actress Kiera Thompson (pictured July 2022)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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His series: Taika will also direct the first two episodes of the series which follows ‘a young boy who discovers a time-traveling portal in his bedroom,’ according to the series’ IMDb page<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source material: The movie is based on Terry Gilliam’s 1981 movie of the same name which starred Sean Connery, John Cleese, Ian Holm and many more famous stars from Great Britain<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Time Bandits does not currently have a release date. <\/p>\n

Kudrow’s part in Time Bandits is just her latest in a long string of acting roles she’s had in recent months. <\/p>\n

She is in the process of filming The Parenting which follows a couple who rent a house with their parents before discovering a ghost who lives there. <\/p>\n

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No release date yet: Time Bandits does not currently have a release date<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lots of projects: Kudrow’s part in Time Bandits is just her latest in a long string of acting roles she’s had in recent months (pictured March 2022)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Television heavyweights like Succession star Brian Cox, Breaking Bad actor Dean Norris and Nurse Jackie’s Edie Falco will star alongside Kudrow in the horror-comedy. <\/p>\n

She will also soon begin work on a Netflix project with Charlie Brooker, creator of Black Mirror. Details on that project have been kept under wraps so far. <\/p>\n

She’s also the narrator of Bright Futures, a television movie, currently in post-production. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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