Exit Disney +, it's France.TV which is broadcasting the series on Jules Verne's Nautilus from today

Inspired by the novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the story focuses on the hero known to all: Captain Nemo.

This series has had as many twists and turns as the plot it depicts. Originally scheduled for broadcast on Disney+, Nautilus finally left the Mickey catalog in 2023 following the cancellation of the project to be finally recovered in extremis by the American channel AMC. In the United States, it was broadcast on the cable channel, and in our country, it was finally France.TV which recently announced that it had the series.

Adapted from the novel Twenty thousand leagues under sea Written by the Amiens novelist Jules Verne in 1869, the series takes its name from the very famous submarine belonging to Captain Nemo, hero of the adventures of Nautilus. An Indian prince deprived of his throne and his family, Nemo manages to escape from the East India Company, on which he wants revenge. To do this, he steals a submarine and recruits a team made up of multiple prisoners. His goal: to reach the legendary Viking treasure buried in the pillars of Halvar. The story will be told for the first time from his point of view.

The first visual unveiled by the platform reveals Jules Verne's monsters, his universe on the edge of steampunk and lush nature.

In the role of the intrepid Captain, we find Shazad Latif (Penny Dreadful). At his side, sail Georgia Flood (Apples Never Fall), Thierry Fremont (Traveling forward, The Barbarian Weddings), Pacharo Mzembe (Love and Monsters), Arlo Green, Tyrone Ngatai, Ling Cooper Tang (Monolith), Andrew Shaw, Ashan Kumar, Celine Menville and Kayden Price. As well as Anna Torv and Richard E. Grant in guests.

Jules Verne's rich work has been the subject of numerous adaptations over the years. In cinema, Twenty thousand leagues under sea was adapted in 1954 with Kirk Douglas and James Mason as Captain Nemo. Nine years later, the actor returned in the adaptation of another of the author's novels, Journey to the Center of the Earth. Note also that in parallel with the Nautilus, Arte is banking on a mini-series taken from its Around the world in 80 daysstarring Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg.

Even David Fincher was seduced by Jules Verne and had the titanic project of adapting Twenty thousand leagues under sea. During his visit to Paris for a masterclass organized by the Cinémathèque française, the latter confirmed that his project had indeed been abandoned, but kept under wraps by Disney with James Mangold. But since 2016 and Fincher's withdrawal following artistic differences with the production, it's been radio silence.

On the small screen, we will therefore find Nautiluswritten and produced by James Dormer with Joanna Devereaux, Chris Loveall and Cameron Walsh. Composed of ten episodes, the series is now available on the France.TV platform and will be broadcast in the clear on France 2, next Monday from 9:10 p.m. Be careful though, because it will leave the catalogue on September 2.