The Sea Beast is a 2022 animated adventure film directed by Chris Williams, who co-wrote the screenplay with Nell Benjamin and produced with Jed Schlanger.

[1][2] The film stars the voices of Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste with supporting roles done by Kathy Burke, Jim Carter, Doon Mackichan, and Dan Stevens.

The most famous and successful being the crew of the Inevitable, led by the legendary Captain Crow, his first mate Sarah Sharpe, and his adopted son and boatswain Jacob Holland.

Admiral Hornagold accepts, and the Crown declares a contest between the crews of the Imperator and Inevitable with the winner being allowed to hunt the sea beasts in their name.

After they depart, the crew discovers an orphan girl named Maisie Brumble has stowed away on the ship to join them, having been inspired to do so by her late parents, who were themselves hunters.

Red re-engages after she spots the Inevitable and nearly dies after being struck with the poison-tipped harpoon, with Crow keeping her alive long enough to bring her to the Crown as a trophy.

On November 5, 2018, Netflix announced that Chris Williams would write and direct a brand new animated film Jacob and the Sea Beast,[1] based on his own original story.

[7][8] Mancina also produced an original song called "Captain Crow" a sea shanty depicting the character written by Nell Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe.

The website's consensus reads: "An original animated tale that's often as daring as its characters, The Sea Beast sends audiences on a voyage well worth taking.

[13] In a January 2023 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Williams announced he had signed a deal with Netflix and would be working on a sequel to The Sea Beast following the film's massive success.