Disney+ Announces New Series 'Nautilus' Based on Jules Verne's '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'

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Disney+ has a new show in the works. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streamer has ordered a new 10-part live-action series based on Jules Verne‘s classic underwater adventure novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Click inside to read more about the plot of the show… The series will be a retelling of the famous 19th century novel, focusing on the origin story of Captain Nemo and his famous submarine, the Nautilus.

Disney first adapted Verne‘s story in 1954 in their film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, which starred James Mason as Nemo and Kirk Douglas as monster-hunter Ned Land.

The novel follows Captain Nemo, an Indian prince robbed of his birth right and a prisoner of the East India Company, as he seeks revenge against the forces