Disney thinks they’ve rediscovered riches in National Treasure. With a third film in the Nic Cage historical adventure franchise on the way, Collider now reports a TV series also coming to Disney+.
The site spoke with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who confirmed not only a National Treasure TV series for Disney+, but that the original cast will return for the big screen sequel by the writer of Bad Boys for Life…
“We’re certainly working on one [National Treasure] for streaming and we’re working on one for the big screen. Hopefully, they’ll both come together and we’ll bring you another National Treasure, but they’re both very active….The one for Disney+ is a much younger cast. It’s the same concept but a young cast. The one for theatrical would be the same cast.”
So look for Nic Cage, Diane Kruger, and Justin Bartha to return to crack mysterious puzzles left by the Founding Fathers and other historical figures. The movies are goofy but a lot of fun, and both did extremely well at the box office. They were like Cage’s own personal Indiana Jones movies, and were about as crazy as that sounds.
As for the series, this “younger cast” Bruckheimer is talking about suggests it’ll be made for the YA crowd.
