Bryan Singer To Direct 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

The director of X-Men: Apocalypse Bryan Singer is said to direct 20th Century Fox’s big-screen adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic undersea adventure novel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

Singer has been teasing his involvement for a while now but the news was made official and here is what the director had to say in his official statement to the site: “I’m incredibly excited to be working with my friends at Fox, with whom I’ve had such a long and fruitful relationship. Ever since I was a boy and first discovered the 1870 Jules Verne novel, I have dreamt of retelling this classic story.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is expected to shoot in the Fall as no release date has been set as of yet.