Recently, foreign media reported that Jules Verne's classic science fiction novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" will be remade again live-action series, Disney's streaming media Disney + has booked a 10-episode new drama "Nautilus", the new drama will tell the origin story of Captain Nemo and his submarine "Nautilus".
According to the introduction, Nemo is an Indian prince who has been deprived of his rights and family and becomes a prisoner of the East India Company, and Nemo wants revenge on the forces that have taken him of everything. After that, he embarked on a voyage, resisting the enemy and discovering the magical underwater worlds.
Since the silent film of 1916, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" has been adapted into live-action versions many times. 1954's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea starred Kirk Douglas, and in addition to the direct remake, Nemo and his Nautilus have also been featured in major films, including the 1973 episode Mysterious Island and the 2003 sci-fi film Skyfall. 2003's "Skyfall" was Captain Nemo's last appearance on the big screen.
After that, Disney wanted to shoot "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" many times, but the plan was shelved for various reasons.
Johanna Devereaux, the film's executive producer, said it was a very bold plan to bring Captain Nemo and his Nautilus back to life.
Published in 1870, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is one of the masterpieces of the French adventure novelist Jules Verne. In 1866, some people thought that a narwhal had been seen at sea, and the French biologist Aronnax discovered that it was a submarine called the Nautilus. He then took his servant Consel and a whaler, the Nederland, and followed Captain Nemo on a twenty-thousand-mile journey around the sea in this submarine.