Terry Gilliam has branded the planned 12 Monkeys TV series "ridiculous" and "dumb".

Syfy has ordered a pilot based on Gilliam's 1995 time-travel movie starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt.

"I know nothing about that," Gilliam told Screen International. "That's just ridiculous. It doesn't have anything to do with me and no-one has contacted me."

Terra Nova writers Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett are adapting 12 Monkeys for cable television.

"It's a very dumb idea," Gilliam continued. "If it was going to be any good, it would have to be written by David and Janet Peoples, who wrote the film."

The 12 Monkeys remake is one of a number of film-to-TV adaptations currently in the works, with JJ Abrams and Person of Interest creator Jonathan Nolan reworking 1973 sci-fi classic Westworld for HBO.

Ben Stiller is also developing a TV version of his 1994 directorial debut Reality Bites.

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Watch the trailer for 12 Monkeys below:

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