{"id":13337,"date":"2011-04-01T06:34:03","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T11:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=13337"},"modified":"2017-06-19T20:03:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T00:03:44","slug":"do-we-need-or-even-want-a-time-bandits-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/01\/do-we-need-or-even-want-a-time-bandits-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"Do We Need (Or Even Want) A TIME BANDITS Remake?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It’s evil! Don’t touch it!!<\/p>\n

It seems as if there is a possible remake of Terry Gilliam’s wonderful Time Bandits<\/strong> in the works. Now, by in the works, we mean that people are talking about possibly making one. As Variety<\/a> stated in an article about producers Guy Collins and Michael Ryan (formerly of Handmade Films, the production company that made Time Bandits<\/strong>) –<\/p>\n

Collins and Ryan are also pushing ahead with a Time Bandits<\/strong> reboot and are in talks with a Hollywood co-producer to redo the Terry Gilliam pic as a bigscreen kids action franchise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sadly, this is not an April’s Fool Joke.<\/p>\n

Now normally I’m very sanguine about remakes. As long as the original is still available, a remake isn’t that big a deal. But this one does get under my skin. Gilliam’s film is a masterpiece of fantasy, perfect in just about every way. And the idea of turning the film into an “kids action franchise” just sounds like a terrible dilution of what the film is actually about.<\/p>\n

Now granted, for years, Gilliam had flirted with the idea of a sequel to Time Bandits<\/strong>. At one point, frequent collaborator Charles McKeown had even drafted a script, which we reviewed here<\/a>. There was also a four-hour television mini-series and comic book version that almost happened.<\/p>\n

Usually a remake is done by studio execs with more business savvy than artistic savvy under the notion that they can cash in on the original’s brand recognition. I have a feeling, though, that this strategy may backfire if this new version were to ever get made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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