Nautilus (TV series)

Nautilus is a British-American ten-episode adventure drama television series created by James Dormer. It is a reimagining of Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas, presenting an origin story for Captain Nemo, an Indian prince-turned-crusading scientist.

In August 2023, after filming was complete, it was announced Disney+, the original distributor, would not release the series. In October 2023, AMC picked up the series to air in 2024. It first aired on SVT Play in Sweden on 12 June 2024.

Cast and characters

 * Shazad Latif as Captain Nemo
 * Georgia Flood as Humility Lucas
 * Thierry Frémont as Gustave Benoit
 * Pacharo Mzembe as Boniface
 * Arlo Green as Turan
 * Tyrone Ngatai as Kai
 * Ling Cooper Tang as Suyin
 * Andrew Shaw as Jiacomo
 * Ashan Kumar as Ranbir
 * Chum Ehelepola as Jagadish
 * Céline Menville as Loti
 * Kayden Price as Blaster
 * Damien Garvey as Director Crawley
 * Richard E. Grant as the leader of Karajaan
 * Muki Zubis as Casamir
 * Benedict Hardie as Cuff
 * Jacob Collins-Levy as Captain Youngblood
 * Luke Arnold as Captain Billy Millais
 * Anna Torv as Revna (guest in episode 9, season 1)

Development
In August 2021, it was announced that Disney+ had ordered Nautilus, a ten-part television series about the origin of Captain Nemo and his submarine, the ''Nautilus. '' James Dormer writes the series, and also serves as executive producer with Xavier Marchand, Anand Tucker and Johanna Devereaux. Moonriver TV and Seven Stories produce the series. Michael Matthews joined as director in November 2021. Cameron Welsh joined as series producer and Chris Loveall joined as executive producer in February 2022; Colleen Woodcock and Daisy Gilbert were added as executive producers one year later.

Casting
Shazad Latif was cast as Captain Nemo in November 2021. In February 2022, Georgia Flood, Thierry Frémont, Pacharo Mzembe, Arlo Green, Tyrone Ngatai, Ling Cooper Tang, Andrew Shaw, Ashan Kumar, Chum Ehelepola, Céline Menville, Kayden Price, and Damien Garvey were cast. In May 2022, Richard E. Grant joined the cast as a guest star. Muki Zubis, Benedict Hardie, Jacob Collins-Levy, Adolphus Waylee and Luke Arnold also joined the cast.

Filming
Filming began in mid-February 2022 at Village Roadshow Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland. The series was expected to wrap in January 2023. The series filmed at The Old Museum in Brisbane in May 2022, and at the Queensland Parliament House in September. Filming was previously set to begin in December 2021. Ben C. Lucas directed episodes 5, 6, and 7, while Isabelle Sieb directed 3 episodes of the series.