Despite my lack of enthusiasm, I’ve got to give it to Jon Turteltaub; making a third National Treasure makes sense. Neither the original nor Book of Treasure faired well with the critics, yet both went on to pull in massive hauls at the box office. Combined, the film earned over $800 million worldwide. So now it’s really no surprise that Turteltaub is moving forward with National Treasure 3 and rather soon at that. While at the premiere of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, from which he recently plucked NT 3′s new writers, Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro, the director told Coming Soon, “I think we start shooting late…

The writing team of Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro (“Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time”, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”) are once again teaming up with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” director Jon Turteltaub for the script to “National Treasure 3″. The third film in the “National Treasure” franchise about historian and cryptologist Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicholas Cage) discovering lost secrets and treasures of American history, the first film was released in 2004 and earned $347.5 million worldwide. Its 2007 sequel, “National Treasure: Book of Secrets”, broken $457.4 million worldwide. No casting information or story ideas have been released yet though Nicholas Cage, who will next been seen in “The…

According to /Film, Walt Disney Pictures has cast Alfred Molina in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced retooling of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”. Nicolas Cage will star in a New York City-set modern take of the classic story from the well-known and critically-loved Disney film “Fantasia”. Jay Baruchel will also star as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice, who gets into trouble when the broomstick he magically animates to complete his chores for him begins to run amok. Molina will be playing an evil sorcerer, and Teresa Palmer will play Baruchel’s love interest. Jon Turteltaub reteams with Cage, who he directed in “National Treasure”, to direct the film. Production is rumored to star to shoot in New…

Check out the latest featurette for “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets” from Walt Disney Pictures. Treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by uncovering the mystery within the 18 pages missing from assassin John Wilkes Booth’s diary. “National Treasure 2: Book Of Secrets” directed by Jon Turteltaub stars Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Ed Harris, Helen Mirren, Justin Bartha. Directed by Jon Turteltaub.

Check out the latest “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” movie trailer by director Jon Turteltaub. Special thanks to Liam for sending us this trailer!

Poster from the upcoming film “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” movie trailer by director Jon Turteltaub and starring Nicolas Cage and Harvey Keitel.