Nicolas Cage Says ‘National Treasure 3’ Won’t Happen
Nicolas Cage.
Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for the Red Sea International Film FestivalThey hope for someone else National treasure film does not want to hear which series plays the leading role Nicolas Cage says about the possibility.
“No, there isn’t National treasure 3”, the actor, who played Benjamin Franklin Gates in the films, stated bluntly in an interview with Screen Rant.
He expanded, sounding a little frustrated at the rumors. “Here we go! Look, you’re the one bringing these things up and they go out and they overshadow everything else,” Cage said. “No, there isn’t National treasure 3. If you want to find treasure, don’t look to Disney, okay? It’s not there.”
The first two episodes in the series featuring Cage, 60, were box office successes, even though critics had mixed reviews. The first film grossed $347.5 million worldwide in 2004. The 2007 sequel, National Treasure: Book of Secretsraised $459 million.
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The films also spawned a Disney+ series, National Treasure: The Edge of History, which lasted one season of 10 episodes. The series exists in the same universe as the films, but was canceled before Cage could make a cameo. However, fans were rewarded with performances by Justin Bartha And Harvey Keitelwho reprized their roles as Riley Poole and Agent Peter Sadusky, respectively.
Although it has been more than 15 years since a National treasure film was released in theaters, rumors of a third part persist. In 2020, reports even surfaced that the film was in development with the producer Jerry Bruckheimer on-board. A fourth film is also said to be in the works.
Bruckheimer said in 2022 that he wants to make another one National treasure movie.
“We said we’d like to do another National Treasure and they said, ‘Sure, let’s come up with a new cast,'” Bruckheimer said. E! News. “At the same time we were developing National treasure for the theaters with Nicolas Cage – which we still are. So that will continue.”
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Bruckheimer added that he and Cage helped on the script for the film, which would reportedly revolve around a search for the lost city of Atlantis.
As for Cage, he’s been busy with other projects, even those projects National treasure rumors refuse to die. His upcoming action horror film Arcadian is scheduled for release on April 12. Cage stars in the lead role and is credited as a producer on the film. He will also be seen in upcoming films Long legs, The Surfer And Lords of War.