Variety reports that Len Wiseman (Live Free or Die Hard) is set to direct the film adaptation of five-part apocalyptic sci-fi miniseries Atlantis Rising.

In development at DreamWorks, the story begins when seismic disturbances at sea force world militaries to investigate the deepest part of the ocean, finding out an underground civilization that emerges to engage in war with the surface people.

The film is being produced by creator Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.