20,000 Leagues series at Disney+ preps for 2024 launch

Disney+ is getting ready to dive into Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Below the Sea with a brand new Captain Nemo collection. The venture, titled Nautilus, requires a 10-part live-action collection primarily based on the Nineteenth-century novel. Produced by U.Ok. banners Moonriver TV and All3Media-owned Seven Tales, Disney’s new method to the fabric will inform the origin story of Captain Nemo and his legendary submarine, The Nautilus. Per THR, “An Indian prince robbed of his birthright and household, a prisoner of the East India Firm, and a person bent on revenge towards the forces which have taken all the things from him, Nemo set sail together with his ragtag crew on board the awe-inspiring vessel, battling foes and discovering magical underwater worlds.”

Developed and co-produced by Moonriver TV’s Xavier Marchand and Seven Tales’ Anand Tucker, Nautilus is written and govt produced by James Dormer and is govt produced by Johanna Devereaux.

“Jules Verne’s story is a beloved traditional all world wide,” stated Devereaux. “It’s an enormous privilege to deliver the Nautilus and her crew to life once more in such a daring, thrilling manner, with a various staff of artistic expertise and on-screen characters. The collection can be breathtaking, action-packed and an enormous quantity of enjoyable.”

This isn’t the primary time that Disney has chosen to go underneath the ocean with Captain Nemo. Beforehand the studio tailored Verne’s iconic deep-sea journey right into a function movie starring James Mason as Nemo and Kirk Douglas as Ned Land. The movie was directed by Richard Fleischer and featured a bunch of revolutionary results. Properly, perhaps not by at this time’s requirements, however again then, filming underwater was a giant deal. Oh, and let’s not overlook the legendary creature results. I’m speaking about puppets the dimensions of flatbed vehicles, their tentacles swiping from side to side. It was a sight to be seen on the time, and it’s going to look even higher when trendy know-how is utilized.

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