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“Final Destination” creator Jeffrey Reddick will adapt the book series “Young Captain Nemo” for the screen.
Rainshine Entertainment and Animasia are producing a trio of animated movies based on the children’s series, the story of Gabriel Nemo, a descendent of Jules Verne’s Captain Nemo from “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.” The young adventurer and his friends fight nature, villains, and forces of evil in his submarine Nemotech.
“I could visualize a colorful, adventurous, and thrill-a-minute animation that kids and families would enjoy,” Reddick, who recently made his directorial debut on the film “Don’t Look Back”, told Variety.
“We saw the ‘Young Captain Nemo’ story as a contemporary action adventure with an iconic character, and plots that have universal appeal. It’s also a great opportunity to share with the world, particularly our younger audiences, an inspirational tale woven into a world of mystery, fantasy and sci-fi,” said Neeraj Bhargava, Rainshine’s chairman and CEO.
“The (novel series) concept and the fantasy world lend themselves very well to animation as a medium of storytelling,” said Edmund Chan, MD of Animasia Studio. “A character like Young Nemo will be a great opportunity to showcase our animation skills to a much wider and global audience.”
