''Nautilus'' is an upcoming British

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television series created by James Dormer for

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. The series will consist of ten episodes.

Cast and characters

Shazad Latif Shazad Latif (born Iqbal Amin; 8 July 1988) is a British actor, who starred as Tariq Masood in the BBC TV series '' Spooks'', Clem Fandango on '' Toast of London'', and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in ''Penny Dreadful''. In 2017, he was cast as Chi ...

Captain Nemo Captain Nemo (; later identified as an Indian, Prince Dakkar) is a fictional character created by the French novelist Jules Verne (1828–1905). Nemo appears in two of Verne's science-fiction classics, ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' ...

Georgia Flood Georgia Flood (born 29 November 1992) is an Australian film, television and theatre actress. After studying at the L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris and the 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne, Flood made her stage ...

as Humility Lucas *

Thierry Frémont Thierry Frémont (born 24 July 1962) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1984. He starred in the 1991 film ''Fortune Express'', which was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. ...

as Gustave Benoit *

Pacharo Mzembe Pacharo Mzembe is an Australian actor. He has performed on stage, in several television series and in feature films. Early life Mzembe's parents originate from Malawi, but he was born in Zimbabwe. He migrated to Australia at the age of six t ...

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 Damien Garvey is an Australian actor and former musician known for his film and television roles. Early life Garvey graduated from Padua College in 1982. Career Garvey had guest roles in several drama series in his early part of his act ...

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

Production

Development

In August 2021, it was announced that

had ordered ''Nautilus'', a ten-part television series about the origin of

and his submarine, the ''

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.'' James Dormer writes the series, and also serves as executive producer with Xavier Marchand,

Anand Tucker Anand Tucker (born 24 June 1963) is a film director and producer based in London. He began his career directing factual television programming and adverts. He co-owns the production company Seven Stories. Personal life Tucker was born in Thailan ...

and Johanna Devereaux. Moonriver TV and

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produce the series. Michael Matthews joined as director in November 2021.

Cameron Welsh Cameron Welsh is an Australian actor, writer, producer and director, best known for his role as Mitch McColl on Australian soap opera '' Home and Away'' from 1999 until 2001; he then went on to become the series producer from 2007 until 2012 Ca ...

joined as series producer and Chris Loveall joined as executive producer in February 2022.

Casting

was cast as

in November 2021. In February 2022,

, Arlo Green, Tyrone Ngatai, Ling Cooper Tang, Andrew Shaw, Ashan Kumar, Chum Ehelepola, Céline Menville, Kayden Price, and

were cast. In May 2022, Richard E. Grant joined the cast as a guest star. Muki Zubis, Benedict Hardie, Jacob Collins-Levy, and Luke Arnold also joined the cast.

Filming

Filming began in mid-February 2022 at

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in Gold Coast, Queensland. The series is expected to wrap in January 2023. The series filmed at The Old Museum in

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in May 2022, and at the

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in September. Filming was previously set to begin in December 2021.

References

External links

* {{Disney+ original series Upcoming drama television series Disney+ original programming Television series by All3Media Television shows filmed in Australia 2023 British television series debuts British adventure television series 2020s British drama television series Television shows based on Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea English-language television shows