20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo, Disney’s big-budget flick that McG (Terminator Salvation) is helming, is getting another rewrite. Justin Marks signed on in February to rework a script originally written by Bill Marsilli and now Randall Wallace has been brought in to make more revisions. Nemo, which Disney put on the fast-track in January, tells 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. Marks’ credits include Street Fighter:
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