Nautilus (TV series)

In August 2021, it was announced that Disney+ had ordered Nautilus, a ten-part television series about the origin of Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus.[7] James Dormer writes the series, and also serves as executive producer with Xavier Marchand, Anand Tucker and Johanna Devereaux.[8] Moonriver TV and Seven Stories produce the series.[9] Michael Matthews joined as director in November 2021.[6] Cameron Welsh joined as series producer and Chris Loveall joined as executive producer in February 2022;[10] Colleen Woodcock and Daisy Gilbert were added as executive producers one year later.[4]

Shazad Latif was cast as Captain Nemo in November 2021.[6] In February 2022, Georgia Flood, Thierry Frémont, Pacharo Mzembe, Arlo Green, Tyrone Ngatai, Ling Cooper Tang, Andrew Shaw, Ashan Kumar, Chum Ehelepola, Céline Menville, Kayden Price, and Damien Garvey were cast.[11][10] In May 2022, Richard E. Grant joined the cast as a guest star. Muki Zubis, Benedict Hardie, Jacob Collins-Levy, Adolphus Waylee and Luke Arnold also joined the cast.[12]

Filming began in mid-February 2022 at Village Roadshow Studios in Gold Coast, Queensland.[11][13] The series was expected to wrap in January 2023.[14] The series filmed at The Old Museum in Brisbane in May 2022,[15] and at the Queensland Parliament House in September.[16][17] Filming was previously set to begin in December 2021.[6] Ben C. Lucas directed episodes 5, 6, and 7,[18] while Isabelle Sieb directed 3 episodes of the series.[19]