{"id":1017581,"date":"2026-08-22T18:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T18:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1017581\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T18:51:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T18:51:15","slug":"national-treasure-3-in-works-franchise-director-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1017581\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;National Treasure 3&#8217; In Works, Franchise Director Reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMore than 20 years after stealing the Declaration of Independence, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/national-treasure\/\" id=\"auto-tag_national-treasure\" data-tag=\"national-treasure\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Treasure<\/a> 3 is in the works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOn Friday, National Treasure (2004) director <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jon-turteltaub\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jon-turteltaub\" data-tag=\"jon-turteltaub\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jon Turteltaub<\/a> revealed that a third installment in the Nicolas Cage adventure franchise is in the works with a script that <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/disney\/\" id=\"auto-tag_disney\" data-tag=\"disney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disney<\/a> has approved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI was thinking about mentioning this tonight, I\u2019ll say it tonight,\u201d he teased during a live recording of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DcUpbtHxInp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">National Treasure Hunt<\/a> podcast in Philadelphia. \u201cIt\u2019s happening. You\u2019re the first people I have said this out loud to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTurteltaub continued, \u201cIt\u2019s finally real. Now, it\u2019s \u2018Hollywood real,\u2019 meaning things can happen. Nic gets hit by a bus, there\u2019s no National Treasure. If I get hit by a bus, there\u2019s probably a National Treasure. Welcome to Hollywood, that\u2019s Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe director, who also helmed the 2007 sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets, noted that they \u201cfinally have a script that I like,\u201d which Disney has also said \u201csounds like a movie we can make.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn National Treasure, Cage stars as historian Ben Gates, who has to steal the Declaration of Independence in order to get the map to an ancient rumored treasure, before his shady colleague Ian (Sean Bean) has the chance to steal it for himself. The movies surpassed $800M at the global box office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFollowing the 2007 sequel, Disney+ released the spin-off series National Treasure: Edge of History in 2022, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than 20 years after stealing the Declaration of Independence, National Treasure 3 is in the works. 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