Prime Video has picked up rights in the UK and Ireland to fantasy adventure series “Nautilus,” after Disney Entertainment scrapped plans to air it after wrapping its shooting. The 10-episode live-action series, inspired by Jules Verne’s “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” will launch exclusively on Prime Video in the UK and Ireland on October 25. Previously, AMC and AMC+ acquired the linear and streaming rights to the series in the U.S. and Canada.
“Nautilus” tells the origin story of the iconic Captain Nemo: an Indian Prince robbed of his birthright and family, a prisoner of the East India Mercantile Company and a man bent on revenge against the forces that have taken everything from him.
Nautilus stars Shazad Latif, Georgia Flood, Thierry Fremont and Céline Menville, with guest appearances from Richard E Grant, Anna Torv and Noah Taylor. It’s developed and produced by Moonriver TV’s Xavier Marchand and Seven Stories’ Anand Tucker, is written and executive produced by James Dormer and is executive produced by Johanna Devereaux, Chris Loveall, Colleen Woodcock and Daisy Gilbert. Cameron Welsh serves as producer and Michael Matthews is the lead director of this epic adventure series.
The production was supported by the Australian Government’s Location Incentive and from the Queensland Government via Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy.