After two super-successful National Treasure films in 2004 and 2007, the third movie (that would make it a trilogy) has been in development hell for 15 years. There were some rumors a decade ago that Disney bought some domain names, one is broken, and a crypto guy owns the other. Instead of taking in the entire history of this messy road to more movies, let’s weed through the most prominent updates of the last two years.
In May 2020, in an interview with Collider for Hightown, Jerry Bruckheimer confirmed they were still working on getting it made. Here, he also said this was separate from the TV version. In March 2022, while on tour for The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Cage expressed to The Hollywood Reporter that it’s fun to think about continuing the series (in reference to Face/Off 2 as well), but it probably wouldn’t happen. Further muddying the waters, in late May 2022, Reddit AMA from the Top Gun: Maverick account said the script was being worked on again with Cage in mind. Confused? Same y’all.
