Nautilus release date, episodes and cast as 1870 novel brought to life in action series
Nautilus is a reimagining of Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.
by Katie Palmer · The MirrorNautilus airs on Amazon Prime Video soon and the adventure drama follows Captain Nemo, an Indian prince who finds himself becoming a crusading scientist.
The series was originally planned to air on Disney+, before Amazon acquired the rights to the series in August this year.
Set in 1857, the show explores how the British East India Company wielded the most power at the time and was in the process of making a warship in India.
Captain Nemo was one of the prisoners forced to work on designing the ship, but he had other intentions for it.
Nemo hopes to set off a prisoner uprising in order to seize the Nautilus and use it to escape.
When is Nautilus out and how many episodes are there?
The series is made up of 10 episodes and they will all be released at the same time on October 25.
Fans in Australia can also watch the series on the streaming platform Stan, with episodes arriving on the same day.
The standard release time for new Prime Video titles is midnight, so there is not long left to wait.
Nautilus launched on SVT Play in Sweden in June 2024 and France Televisions two months later.
Who is in the cast of Nautilus?
There is an extensive cast list for the production, with Shazad Latif taking the lead as Captain Nemo.
Shazad is a 36-year-old actor from London who is known for his roles in Spooks, Toast of London and Penny Dreadful.
He stars alongside Georgia Flood as Humility Lucas and Thierry Frémont as Gustave Benoit.
Georgia, an Australian actress, has previously starred in American Princess and Apples Never Fall.
Thierry is a 62-year-old French actor whose TV credits include Das Boot and Transferts.
The remaining cast list is as follows:
Pacharo Mzembe 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
Cameron Cuffe as Captain Pitt
Kayden Price as Blaster
Damien Garvey as Director Crawley
Richard E. Grant as the leader of Karajaan
Muki Zubis as Casamir
Benedict Hardie as Cuff
Adolphus Waylee as Absalom Boston
Jacob Collins-Levy as Captain Youngblood
Luke Arnold as Captain Billy Millais
Anna Torv as Revna
Nautilus airs on Amazon Prime Video on October 25