McG To Direct 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea: Captain Nemo
By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2009 9:33 pm EST
Disney hopes to make the film this year, and McG is slotting it as his next, which begs the question — what does that mean for the next Terminator film, which is now in development. Halcyon hopes to have the fifth Terminator film in theaters for Summer 2011, which means that the film would have to go into production by April 2010, which gives McG more than enough time to make Nemo in between.20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo was scripted by Bill Marsilli (Deja Vu) and tells the origin story of Nemo and his warship, the Nautilus. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was the first live action film in Walt Disney history, and is considered by many to be the most mature film they have ever produced. Based on the Jules Verne novel of the same name, the 1954 film told the story of a ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
