‘National Treasure 3’ Is Apparently Happening, ‘Bad Boys For Life’ Screenwriter Penning Script
By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 17, 2020 12:20 pm EST
But by 2012, star Nicolas Cage was quoted as saying, “I have not heard any news about a third one at this time.” And come 2016, Disney CEO Bob Iger seemed to throw cold water on the entire idea, stating: “We have done two, and yes they were really fine movies. I know Jerry Bruckheimer who produced them has had conversations with our studio a number of times about it, and there have been some developments along the way, but as of right now we have not green-lit as we say, a National Treasure 3.”
Bruckheimer doubled-down in 2017, proclaiming that a script was done, but Disney wasn’t happy with it. Come 2018, franchise director Jon Turteltaub told /Film: “I would make it tomorrow. Finding the right script is hard. It was brutal for the first two. It’s still gonna be brutal for the third. But I don’t think Disney wants to make it. And I think they have other things they wanna make more…” Turteltaub also added he wouldn’t be surprised if Disney ended up rebooting the series for Disney+.
But now here we are again! With word that a new script is being written. So lock up the Declaration of Independence, folks. Ben Gates is coming back.
