'The script was close, but not so great that the studio couldn’t say yes. I just think this would be one of them, and they don’t quite realize how much the Internet is begging for a third National Treasure.'Īs for whether or not they had a script they could have moved forward with, Turteltaub explained the script was on its way, but Disney wasn’t enthusiastic enough to keep developing it: I think they’re right about the movies they’re making they’re obviously doing a really good job at making great films. The problem with getting the third one made isn’t the people who are getting paid saying, “I’m not doing it unless you pay me a lot!” It’s really that Disney feels they have other films they want to make that they think will make them more money. 'When National Treasure first got made, there was a lot more money to go around.

Speaking to director Jon Turteltaub, who directed both National Treasure movies along with the upcoming giant shark flick The Meg, Steve Weintraub asked why exactly Disney hasn’t moved forward with a third National Treasure: And yet while there’s been rumblings of a third installment over the past ten years, Disney hasn’t really made much of a push for National Treasure 3. The film grossed $347 million worldwide off a $100 million budget, and the sequel, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, performed even better by earning $457 million worldwide. The first National Treasure starring Nicolas Cage was a big hit for Disney when it came out back in 2004.

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