Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction.
Studio:
Unknown.
Production Company:
Unknown.
Project Phase: Dead?
Who's In It:
Unknown.
Who's Making It:
Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown (Screenwriters)
Premise: The sequel to the 1980 weirdfest that some of us are still in therapy over.
Release Date: Unknown.
Comments: None at present.
Rumors: Unknown.
Scoop Feedback:
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July 7, 1997... Apparently the company that bought out Handmade Films has discussed this project with Gilliam. A page that concerns itself with unresolved Gilliam film forays quotes the man himself: "Charles McKeown [Gilliam's collaborator on Brazil and Baron Munchausen] and I have an idea of what to do, but we haven't heard anything for months. It's one I wouldn't direct. I'd work with Charles on the script and godfather it basically."
Normally, this would not faze anyone, because the Voorhees Corollary of Sequels states that an infinite number of probable sequels are brought into being the moment a picture hits the big screen. Still, Kenny Baker (of R2-D2 fame) was overheard at this year's DragonCon in Atlanta stating that Gilliam had approached Baker's son about being in the sequel. We shall see... [Scoop submitted by 'widgett.']
April 12, 1998... A savvy reader of Star Wars Insider reports that the latest issue of the magazine has an article about Jack Purvis, the actor who played Wally in the original Time Bandits. The actor passed away last autumn, and in the article Terry Gilliam said that there was a part for Purvis specifically written for him in the sequel to Time Bandits, even though Purvis was paralyzed. However, Gilliam said that the project died when Purvis died. [Contributed by 'STDTFB11'.]
April 19, 1998... Another Insider reader clips us out the exact quote that appeared in the magazine from Gilliam concerning actor Jack Purvis: ""We had been working on a Time Bandits II and had written a part for him, even though he was paralyzed and in a wheelchair. We were going to include him somehow but it was too essential not to. But we won't be getting to do that now."
As our second reader puts it, "As you can see, the above quote can be opened for interpetation. Gilliam doesn't make clear exactly WHAT he won't be getting to do." So plans for a follow-up may still proceed without Purvis. [Contributed by 'Seth Gecko'.]
October 20, 1998... Two anonymous scoopers have reported that Ian Michael Smith (from Simon Birch) will be appearing in this project. One states that he received this info from an interview he saw conducted with Smith. [Scooped by anonymous and...anonymous]