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Time Bandits (2024 TV series)

Time Bandits (2024) is a 10-episode Apple TV+ fantasy-adventure comedy created by Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, and Iain Morris, adapting Terry Gilliam's 1981 film; it premiered July 24, 2024, starred Lisa Kudrow, was filmed in Wellington, New Zealand, and was canceled after one season.

Training Day (TV series)

Training Day (2017) is a CBS police drama, a sequel to the 2001 film, starring Bill Paxton as LAPD detective Frank Rourke and Justin Cornwell as trainee Kyle Craig. It ran one 13-episode season from February 2 to May 20, 2017, was criticized and low-rated, and was cancelled.

Transporter: The Series

Transporter: The Series is a France-Canada-Germany action TV series (2012, 2014) starring Chris Vance as courier Frank Martin, adapted from Luc Besson's Transporter films, 24 episodes over two seasons.

Treadstone

Treadstone (2019) is a USA Network action-thriller series based on the CIA black-ops organization from Robert Ludlum's Bourne novels. Created by Tim Kring, one 10-episode season, dual 1973 East Berlin and present-day sleeper-agent timelines, canceled May 2020.

True Lies (TV series)

True Lies (TV series) is a 2023 CBS action-comedy drama created by Matt Nix from James Cameron's 1994 film, starring Steve Howey and Ginger Gonzaga as spy couple Harry and Helen Tasker; canceled after 13 episodes.

Turner & Hooch (TV series)

Turner & Hooch (TV series): 2021 Disney+ comedy sequel to the 1989 Tom Hanks film, starring Josh Peck as Scott Turner Jr. with a French Mastiff; 12 episodes, canceled after one season.

Very Young Frankenstein

Very Young Frankenstein is an FX and Hulu comedy series based on Mel Brooks' 1974 film Young Frankenstein, created by Stefani Robinson, Taika Waititi, and Garrett Basch, starring Zach Galifianakis, ordered to series in May 2026.

Wild Things

Wild Things is a 1998 American erotic thriller and neo-noir directed by John McNaughton, starring Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon, Neve Campbell, and Denise Richards, set in Blue Bay, Florida.