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Randall Wallace tapped to rewrite ‘Leagues’
MUMBAI: Randall Wallace has been signed to rewrite Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for Disney being directed by Sean Bailey.
Nemo aims to tell the origin of Captain Nemo and his submarine warship, the Nautilus. Nemo is a mysterious but noble antagonist in the book, a scientific genius with a thirst for knowledge and a desire for revenge against the forces of imperialism.
In Verne‘s lesser-known sequel, The Mysterious Island, Nemo is revealed as Indian Prince Dakkar, a rajah‘s son who took part in a failed rebellion and lost his wife and children. It is unclear how close to that back story Disney will stick, but “Nemo‘s” tone will be decidedly action-adventure.
