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  • Disney+’s National Treasure  adds Catherine Zeta-Jones

    By Express News Service

    Catherine Zeta-Jones has been cast in the Disney+ series National Treasure and she will be joining Lisette Alexis, Zuri Reed, Jordan Rodrigues, Antonio Cipriano, Jake Austin Walker, and Lyndon Smith. The show will be a continuation of the film franchise of the same name according to reports on variety.com.

    National Treasure, the series will focus on a young woman, Jess (Alexis), who is a brilliant and resourceful dreamer. She embarks on this adventure of a lifetime to uncover the truth about her family’s past and save a lost Pan-American treasure. Production is set to begin in February in Baton Rouge, LA.

    The character that Zeta-Jones will portray is Billie, who is described as a billionaire, black-market antiquities expert, and treasure hunter. She has come a long way—from a penniless orphan to a shrewd, stylish businesswoman and adventurer. Billie’s used to getting what she wants—and she wants the Pan-American treasure.

    Rick Muirragui is the writer and also executive producer of the series. Jerry Bruckheimer, Cormac and Marianne Wibberley, Jonathan Littman, and KristieAnne Reed will also serve as executive producers.

  • Mira Nair to helm ‘National Treasure’ series for Disney Plus 

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Celebrated filmmaker Mira Nair is set to direct a series based on Nicolas Cage-starrer “National Treasure” films.

    The rebooted series, which comes from the films’ producer Jerry Bruckheimer and original writers Marianne and Cormac Wibberley, has been officially ordered at streamer Disney Plus, reported Deadline.

    The new show explores the timely issues of identity, community, historical authorship and patriotism.

    It will be told from the point of view of Jess Morales, a twenty-year-old DREAMer who, with her diverse group of friends, sets off on the adventure of a lifetime to uncover her mysterious family history and recover lost treasure.

    Jess Morales is taking the torch from Benjamin Gates, the character that Cage played in the original 2004 movie and its 2007 sequel “National Treasure: Book of Secrets”.

    The Wibberleys serve as executive producers with Jerry Bruckheimer Television, with ABC Signature as the studio.

    The development of the new series has been on parallel tracks with the long gestating threequel in the franchise, which brought in Chris Bremner as writer in January 2020.

    Nair, known for movies such as “The Namesake”, “Monsoon Wedding” and “Queen of Katwe”, most recently directed the BBC series “A Suitable Boy”.