The highly-successful National Treasure series looks to be set for a third installment! This Freemasonry-friendly Disney franchise has generated much interest (and many questions) around our Fraternity. On March 27th 2010 the sequel was announced with a return of the original cast members (Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, John Voigt), original producer Jerry Bruckheimer and original director John Turteltaub. The release date is tentatively set for 2011.

Interestingly however is that new writers have been engaged for this third story. Now involved are writers Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro, recent authors of the upcoming films “The Sorceror’s Apprentice” and “The Prince of Persia: Sands of Time”. This is not surprising in light of the poor reviews given to the story line of National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Although the third episode of the $804.9 Million box-office franchise success has been announced, no details have been released concerning the plot line of the story.

For some interesting speculation around the yet-to-be-released plot summary, see here.

Also of Masonic interest, Walt Disney was a member of DeMolay International.

National Treasure picture courtesy of Wikipedia.