Much like how you wouldn't download a pizza, you wouldn't steal the Declaration of Independence. And you certainly wouldn't steal the Declaration of Independence thrice — unless the script for a third National Treasure movie was finished and just waiting on Nicolas Cage's approval.
Gird your loins, treasure hunters: according to the film series' executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a sequel to 2007's National Treasure: Book of Secrets has been written.
"Let's hope we're working on the script right now. Hopefully [Cage] likes it, but it's really good. So I think we'll get it to him shortly," Bruckheimer told ComicBook.com.
The news comes as a twist in the adventure, since Disney+ greenlit the Cage-less TV show National Treasure: Edge of History last year, which will see original cast members Harvey Keitel and Justin Bartha reprise their roles.
Carrying The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (and fleetingly earning a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score for it), the actor has previously painted the likelihood of the film series continuing as unlikely: "No, the priority was to turn it into a TV show so I would say probably not," Cage shared during a Reddit AMA earlier this year.
He also spoke about it in his cover story interview with GQ, chalking up a threequel not happening to some of his box-office bombs in Book of Secrets' wake. "The phone stopped ringing," the self-proclaimed goth said back in April. "It was like, 'What do you mean we're not doing National Treasure 3? It's been 14 years, why not?' Well, Sorcerer's Apprentice didn't work, and Ghost Rider didn't really sell tickets. And Drive Angry just came and went."
While the movies Cage cited (wherein he predictably portrayed some badass or another) weren't Marvel-level smashes, it might not be too late for the now-distinguished performer to have a three-way with the Declaration of Independence after all.
Gird your loins, treasure hunters: according to the film series' executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer, a sequel to 2007's National Treasure: Book of Secrets has been written.
"Let's hope we're working on the script right now. Hopefully [Cage] likes it, but it's really good. So I think we'll get it to him shortly," Bruckheimer told ComicBook.com.
The news comes as a twist in the adventure, since Disney+ greenlit the Cage-less TV show National Treasure: Edge of History last year, which will see original cast members Harvey Keitel and Justin Bartha reprise their roles.
Carrying The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (and fleetingly earning a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score for it), the actor has previously painted the likelihood of the film series continuing as unlikely: "No, the priority was to turn it into a TV show so I would say probably not," Cage shared during a Reddit AMA earlier this year.
He also spoke about it in his cover story interview with GQ, chalking up a threequel not happening to some of his box-office bombs in Book of Secrets' wake. "The phone stopped ringing," the self-proclaimed goth said back in April. "It was like, 'What do you mean we're not doing National Treasure 3? It's been 14 years, why not?' Well, Sorcerer's Apprentice didn't work, and Ghost Rider didn't really sell tickets. And Drive Angry just came and went."
While the movies Cage cited (wherein he predictably portrayed some badass or another) weren't Marvel-level smashes, it might not be too late for the now-distinguished performer to have a three-way with the Declaration of Independence after all.