{"id":259178,"date":"2026-08-23T17:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/nicolas-cage-expected-to-return-for-national-treasure-3-director-says-its-finally-real\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T17:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:03:50","slug":"nicolas-cage-expected-to-return-for-national-treasure-3-director-says-its-finally-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/23\/nicolas-cage-expected-to-return-for-national-treasure-3-director-says-its-finally-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Cage Expected to Return for \u2018National Treasure 3,\u2019 Director Says: \u2018It\u2019s Finally Real\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Nicolas Cage<\/strong><\/a> is expected to reprise his beloved role of rogue historian Benjamin Gates in another installment of National Treasure.<\/em><\/p>\n

Director Jon Turteltaub<\/strong> confirmed on Friday, August 21, that National Treasure 3 is moving forward, telling the \u201cNational Treasure Hunt\u201d podcast at a live event that \u201cit\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have not said anything before this, but you deserve to have the scoop,\u201d he said, per The Philadelphia Inquirer.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Turteltaub explained that the audience was \u201cthe first people I have said this out loud to\u201d in public. The director, however, shared that there could be hurdles the crew has to face before filming.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s finally real. Now, it\u2019s Hollywood real, meaning things could happen,\u201d he said. \u201cNic gets hit by a bus, there\u2019s no National Treasure 3<\/em>. If I get hit by a bus, there\u2019s probably a National Treasure 3<\/em>. Welcome to Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turteltaub claimed that an already-written screenplay has been approved by him and Disney, noting that \u201cto whatever extent we can, everyone\u2019s back.\u201d<\/p>\n

National Treasure follows treasure hunter and cryptographer Benjamin<\/a> (Cage), who uncovers a plot to steal the Declaration of Independence \u2014 but no one at the FBI believed him. Benjamin then decided to protect the document by stealing it.<\/p>\n

In 2007, Cage returned as Benjamin alongside Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Jon Voight<\/strong> and Harvey Keitel<\/strong>. Cage explained at the time that he decided to pursue the sequel because he felt it met his standard of being \u201cat least as good\u201d as the initial film.<\/p>\n

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