20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) Ned tries to identify himself as the author of the bottled messages. Aronnax is furious, recognizing that Nemo will destroy all evidence of his discoveries. Nemo enters the base and activates a time bomb, but is mortally wounded on "Nautilus"s deck from a slug to the back. After navigating the submarine away from Vulcania, Nemo announces he will be "taking the "Nautilus" down for the last time". The crew declare they will accompany their captain in death. Aronnax, Conseil, and Ned are confined to their cabins. The Nautilus's crew also retreat to their cabins at Nemo's instructions. Ned escapes and
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) origin story for the central character, Captain Nemo, as he builds his warship, the "Nautilus". McG has remarked that it will be "much more in keeping with the spirit of the novel" than Richard Fleischer's film, in which it will reveal "what Aronnax is up to and the becoming of Captain Nemo, and how the man became at war with war itself." It was written by Bill Marsilli, with Justin Marks and Randall Wallace brought in to do rewrites. The film was to be produced by Sean Bailey with McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision. McG once suggested that he wanted