McG has found the man to re-write the script for  ”20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo.”
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney is bringing in screen-writer Justin Marks has been brought on to rewrite Bill Marsilii’s draft script for the big-budget underwater adventure.
Marks has been hired as a “world builder” to fill out the deep-sea universe in this action-adventure based on the 1954 film “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” which was an adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic novel. As the new “Leagues” moves toward preproduction, Marks has four weeks to work with McG and craft designers to expand the film’s world to the scale of a tentpole extravaganza.
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