Daisy Ridley is about to go on another epic journey. Ridley is set to star in and executive produce “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” an eight-episode series that has been ordered by Paramount+.
Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman (“A Beautiful Mind”) is set to write and executive produce the series, while Matt Shakman (“WandaVision”) is on board as director and executive producer. Jon Jashni is also exec producer, while Derek Thielges is co-producer. (The project has been in the works for months, prior to the recent changes at Paramount+ parent Skydance.)
In the series, Ridley plays Lee Crane, “who is pulled into a classified government program after a catastrophic Arctic expedition claims the life of her twin sister. At the center of the program is the USS Seaview, a retro-futuristic submarine found entombed in the ice, marked with symbols from a history that shouldn’t exist, and it powers up only when Lee steps aboard. Thrust into command of a pressure-cooker crew and an uneasy alliance with government power brokers, Lee leads Seaview on daring undersea missions to contain mysterious forces leaking into our world, all while uncovering a hidden truth about the oceans, an erased chapter of human history and the once-thought mythical city of Atlantis.”
Legendary Television will produce “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea,” along with the Irwin Allen estate. Allen was behind the original 1961 feature film featuring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Even, Peter Lorre and Robert Sterling, which then led to the 1964-1968 TV series starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison.
Ridley, of course, is known for her roles in “Star Wars,” including “The Force Awakens,” “The Last Jedi” and “The Rise of Skywalker.” Her other credits include “Young Woman and the Sea,” “Magpie,” “Sometimes I Think About Dying,” “Cleaner” and “We Bury the Dead.” Next up, she’ll be seen in “Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol” and “The Last Resort.”
Ridley is repped by CAA; Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; and Narrative.