Welp, not every part from the ’80s could make a comeback, as Apple’s Time Bandits collection has already been cancelled.
A few months in the past, the primary season of Time Bandits began airing on Apple TV+, however I doubt most of you knew that as a result of clearly it did not do effectively sufficient to be renewed for a second season. As reported by Deadline, the iPhone maker’s streaming service has determined to not go forward with a second season a couple of month after the final episode was launched. If this comes as a shock to you, I am probably not positive why, as on Metacritic the present sits at 66/100 on the critics aspect of issues, with solely 4.6/10 on the person rating. That is not a terrific begin for a primary season of tv, particularly in an period the place exhibits have to be huge hits to have any likelihood of getting renewed.
On high of that, Deadline notes that the present wasn’t capable of make its means into Nielsen’s high 10 streaming rankings, suggesting there actually wasn’t a lot of an urge for food for it from trendy audiences – this comes with the caveat that Deadline has heard it is finished effectively within the UK, the house nation of the unique 1981 movie directed by Terry Gilliam, in addition to the partial setting for the brand new model. Clearly that nostalgia from the Brits wasn’t sufficient to maintain it alive although.
Vital to notice is that the present did draw criticism from actors with dwarfism, because of the truth that the unique movie was principally made up of actors with dwarfism, comparable to R2-D2 himself Kenny Baker, whereas the present fully sidestepped that in its casting. Other than that concern, Charlyne Yi, one of many present’s solid members, has alleged that they have been assaulted on the set of the present.
