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ZDFneo Sets German Premiere for Nautilus After Disney+ Shelved the Series

The public broadcaster's pickup signals new routes for big‑budget castoffs from streaming platforms.

Overview

  • All ten episodes will stream on ZDFmediathek from 27 March 2026, with ZDFneo airing two five‑episode blocks on 3 and 4 April at 20:15.
  • Originally commissioned for Disney+, the BritishAustralian adventure series was dropped during 2023 cost‑cutting before being sold on.
  • Following staggered releases, the show debuted on Prime Video in selected territories in autumn 2024 and on AMC in the United States in summer 2025.
  • Nautilus reimagines Jules Verne’s world as an 1850s origin story for Captain Nemo, told over a ten‑part season without revealing key plot turns.
  • The series was produced by Moonriver with showrunner James Dormer, stars Shazad Latif with Georgia Flood and Thierry Frémont, and has drawn generally positive early notices including reported Rotten Tomatoes scores of 79% from critics and 69% from audiences.