Jerry Bruckheimer Says ‘National Treasure 3’ Is Still in Development
National Treasure fans have been waiting for a third installment in the action-packed history franchise for over 15 years.
While Disney attempted to revive the series with 2022’s National Treasure: Edge of History, without the involvement of Nicolas Cage, the series was canceled after just one season.


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National Treasure 3 was initially announced to be in development as early as 2008. Over the subsequent 16 years, reports have continued to circulate from time to time that the film could still come to fruition.
Nicolas Cage Insinuated That Disney Did Not Want to Make a Third Film
Earlier this year, however, Nicolas Cage seemed to indicate that Disney was not interested in a third installment in the film franchise.
“Here we go! See, you’re the one that brings these things up, and they go out, and they eclipse everything else. No, there is no ‘National Treasure 3.’ If you want to find treasure, don’t look at Disney, okay? It’s not there,” he said.


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While National Treasure fans were understandably disappointed by Cage’s response, it sounds like National Treasure 3 may not be dead after all.
Jerry Bruckheimer Says a Third Film Is Still in Development
In fact, in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, National Treasure producer Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed that another National Treasure movie is, in fact, still in development. In fact, the film will be written by Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, screenwriter Ted Elliot.
“These things take time,” Bruckheimer explains. “Your writers sometime really need to dig in and sequester themselves. Ted is a phenomenal writer, but he’s not the fastest. So we wait and wait and wait, but he’s excellent. And you know what? It’s worth the wait. When you have a great writer, it’s gold. When you get something on the page, it looks so easy.”


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While it remains to be seen whether or not Nicolas Cage will return as Benjamin Gates for the upcoming film, fans can at least hang onto the fact that National Treasure 3 is seemingly in the works.
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