Animal Planet is mostly known for reality telecasting series about hell cats who piss all over their owner ’s furniture , but now the animal - centrical station is getting into scripted television receiver , thanks to Moby Dick .
Deadlineis reporting that Animal Planet ’s new slate include a account that is all about Moby Dick , but from the whale ’s gunpoint of view . And it ’s staring Martin Sheen , obviously . What was wrong with Dogs 101 and Cats 101 , guys ?
The two - hour film will center around the wretched history of whale search , and will be co - produced by the BBC . Here ’s the full synopsis :
REVENGE OF THE WHALE ( working title)Based on true event , this two - hour film enjoin one of history ’s expectant stories of survival at sea , which inspired Herman Melville ’s Moby Dick . Emmy and Golden Globe Award succeeder Martin Sheen portrays Old Thomas Nickerson , who tells a fib of his life as a cabin boy on the ill - fated voyage of the whaling ship the Essex . The action - bundle narrative follows Nickerson as , against all odds , he comes through the worst that nature throw at him while growing up quickly in the unconscious process . He face the destructive force out of sea storm , the might of whales , the brutal forlornness of the Sunday and sea after the shipwreck and , finally , the sour human action he must do to survive . The picture show , a co - production with the BBC , also star Jonas Armstrong as First Mate Owen Chase and Adam Rayner as Captain Pollard and depicts the couple ’s real - sprightliness story of the sinking of the ship .
frankly , we ’re all right as long as the giant does n’t talk .
Top image : “ Moby Dick ” by James Edwin McConnell .
BooksTelevision
Daily Newsletter
Get the best tech , science , and finish tidings in your inbox daily .
News from the future , delivered to your present tense .
You May Also Like
