Shazad Latif has scored the key role of Captain Nemo in “Nautilus,” the upcoming new live-action ten-part series adaptation of Jules Verne’s 1870 novel “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” for the Disney+ streaming service.
The series takes a modernized approach to this period retelling of the book about an Indian prince, robbed of his birthright and taken prisoner by the East India Company, setting out on a course of revenge with a ragtag crew on board the awe-inspiring stolen underwater vessel.
Latif will be familiar to genre fans from his work on “Star Trek: Discovery,” “Penny Dreadful” and “Spooks” (“MI5”). The show will be directed by “Love and Monsters” helmer Michael Matthews. The series will be written and executive produced by James Dormer and begins production in Queensland, Australia in December.
Disney previously adapted ‘Leagues’ in back in 1954 with James Mason in the Nemo role.
Source: Deadline
