''Jules Verne's Mysterious Island'' is a 2012 adventure film directed by

Mark Sheppard Mark Andreas Sheppard (born 30 May 1964) is an English actor and musician. He is often credited as Mark A. Sheppard. Sheppard is known for playing the demon/King of Hell Crowley on ''Supernatural'' and for his recurring roles as lawyer Romo La ...

, very loosely based on Jules Verne's 1875 novel of the same name (''L'Île mystérieuse''). It premiered on Syfy on February 11, 2012.Collider.com
/ref> The film was released on DVD on May 29, 2012.

Plot summary

During the American Civil War, five northern POWs escape by hijacking a gas balloon. Drifting through the night, they awaken to find themselves marooned on a desert island, but they are not alone.

Cast

Gina Holden Gina Holden (born March 17, 1975) is a Canadian actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Coreen Fennel in '' Blood Ties'', Dale Arden in '' Flash Gordon'', and Shea Allen in ''Harper's Island''. Early life Holden was born in the small to ...

as Julia "Jules" Fogg *

Lochlyn Munro Lochlyn Munro (born February 12, 1966) is a Canadian actor. His most notable film roles include ''A Night at the Roxbury'' (1998), ''Scary Movie'' (2000), ''Freddy vs. Jason'' (2003), ''White Chicks'' (2004), '' The Predator'' (2018) and ''Cosm ...

as Captain Cyrus Harding *

Pruitt Taylor Vince Pruitt Taylor Vince (born July 5, 1960) is an American character actor. He became best known for his roles in the films '' Shy People'' (1987) and ''Mississippi Burning'' (1988). He also appeared in ''Jacob's Ladder'' (1990), '' Nobody's Fool'' ...

as Gideon Spillett * Susie Abromeit as Abby Fogg * W. Morgan Sheppard as

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'' ...

as young Captain Nemo *

J. D. Evermore J. D. Evermore is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Thomas Silby in '' Treme'', Detective Lutz in ''True Detective'', Harley in '' The Walking Dead'', Carl Daggett in ''Rectify'', Holt in '' Maggie'', and as Dewey Revette in ' ...

as Bonaventure Pencroft * Caleb Michaelson as Hebert Brown * Edrick Browne as Neb Nugent * Lawrence Turner as

Tom Ayrton Tom Ayrton is a fictional character who appears in two novels by French author Jules Verne. He is first introduced as a major character in the novel ''In Search of the Castaways'' (1867–1868). He then reappears in a later novel, ''The Mysterio ...

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* * * 2012 television films 2012 films Films based on The Mysterious Island Films set in 1865 Films about time travel Science fantasy films 2010s adventure films Syfy original films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{adventure-film-stub