“Star Wars” alum Daisy Ridley has reportedly scored a leading role in a reimagining of “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” at Paramount+ and Legendary Television.
The new series follows brilliant ocean scientist Lee Crane (Ridley), who is pulled into a classified government program after a catastrophic Arctic expedition claims the life of her twin sister.
At the center of the program is the USS Seaview, a retro-futuristic submarine found entombed in the ice, marked with symbols from a history that shouldn’t exist, and it powers up only when Lee steps aboard.
Thrust into command of a pressure-cooker crew and an uneasy alliance with government power brokers, Lee leads Seaview on daring undersea missions to contain mysterious forces leaking into our world.
At the time she uncovers a hidden truth about the oceans, an erased chapter of human history, and the once-thought mythical city of Atlantis.
Ridley will also executive produce alongside the show’s writer Akiva Goldsman (“Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”) and Matt Shakman (“WandaVision”) who will also direct.
A writers’ room is currently underway. Legendary TV will produce with the Irwin Allen Estate, Allen famously created the 1961 feature film and subsequent ABC TV series.
Source: Deadline
