Daisy Ridley to star in Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea remake for Paramount+
Paramount+'s eight-episode adaptation of Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea will star Ridley as a scientist who gets wrapped up in a classified government program.
Daisy Ridley, known for her role as Rey in the Star Wars franchise, is set to take on a new adventure in a remake of the sci-fi series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea for Paramount+. According to Deadline and Variety, Ridley will star in the series, based on Irwin Allen's 1961 disaster movie and its subsequent ABC spin-off. Matt Shakman, who directed WandaVision, will take the helm as director, while Akiva Goldsman, known for his work on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and The Crowded Room, will serve as writer and executive producer.
Legendary TV and the Irwin Allen estate will also be involved in the production. Ridley herself will serve as executive producer for the eight-episode series. The upcoming adaptation focuses on Lee Crane, a scientist who finds herself drawn into a classified government program after losing her twin sister in a catastrophic Arctic expedition.
The program involves the USS Seaview, a retro-futuristic submarine discovered in the ice, marked with symbols from an unknown history. Once onboard, it springs to life and propels Lee into command of a crew, leading them on daring undersea missions to contain mysterious forces leaking into our world. In the process, she uncovers a hidden truth about the oceans and a once-believed-to-be-mythical city of Atlantis.
The eight-episode series was in development for months before the Warner Bros./Paramount merger finalized. Ridley's version of Lee Crane is poised to battle not just the seas, but also the secrets they hold.
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