'National Treasure' director predicts upcoming third film won't be able to 'ignore' politics

Director Jon Turteltaub said political polarization delayed "National Treasure 3" and explained the finished script will have to address modern politics.

Well, it looks like that long-awaited National Treasure sequel might actually be happening. Jon Turteltaub, who directed the first two movies, says National Treasure 3 is finally moving forward. During a live taping of the National Treasure Hunt podcast in Philadelphia on Friday night, Turteltaub broke the news to the

The Disney movies, released in 2004 and 2007, starred Nicolas Cage as treasure hunter Ben Gates.

“National Treasure” director Jon Turteltaub says a third film is happening. “I have not said anything before this, but you deserve to have the scoop,” Turteltaub said at a live taping of the “National Treasure Hunt” podcast (via The Philadelphia Inquirer). He added that the audience was “the first people I have said th

More than 20 years after stealing the Declaration of Independence, National Treasure 3 is in the works. On Friday, National Treasure (2004) director Jon Turteltaub revealed that a third installment in the Nicolas Cage adventure franchise is in the works with a script that Disney has approved. “I was thinking about ment

Director Jon Turteltaub said one of the reasons it's taken nearly two decades to make another film in the franchise is because of the political climate of the country.