A third National Treasure movie is officially in development, according to director Jon Turteltaub. He shared the update during a live recording of the National Treasure Hunt podcast on Aug. 21, saying, “It’s happening.”
Turteltaub directed the 2004 original and the 2007 sequel, National Treasure: Book of Secrets. He said the project is “Hollywood real,” meaning plans can still change, but added that the third film has already moved forward enough for him and Disney to approve a script.
He also said the studio told him the script “sounds like a movie we can make.” According to the podcast and Turteltaub’s comments, producer Jerry Bruckheimer has also given the script his blessing.
The first two films starred Nicolas Cage as Benjamin Gates, alongside Diane Kruger and Justin Bartha, with Jon Voight and Harvey Keitel also appearing in the sequel. The franchise briefly returned in Disney+’s 2022 series National Treasure: Edge of History, which included cameos from Bartha and Keitel.
