Disney Sequels Update: National Treasure 3 & 4, Pirates 4

Posted by Robert Fure (robert@filmschoolrejects.com) on February 7, 2008

Jim Hill over at Jim Hill Media has some insight into the future workings of the all might Disney Corporation, which include a healthy amount of sequels and a few new projects.

With the surprising success of National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, it should come as no surprise that Disney is lining up a pair of sequels to tack on. The Mouse has recently obtained the domain names for National Treasure 3 and National Treasure 4. The third installment would likely come around Christmas, 2010, and have the Gates family searching for something “life-altering” revealed in the titular Book of Secrets. Fans had thought it might the Fountain of Youth, but …

sparrow01.jpgPirates of the Caribbean 4 would presumably follow Captain Jack Sparrow and his “friendemy” Captain Barbosa both on the trail of the Fountain of Youth, as hinted at near the end of At World’s End. It is unlikely that Disney would allow both films to have the same basic goal in mind and with Pirates the undisputed box office king, they would likely have first dibs.

Don’t expect Pirates 4 in the immediate future, as everyone does want a little time away from it. But, with box office so big and Depp’s offer to return, it would be idiotic to think another installment wasn’t coming. Rumors seem to indicate that Pirates 4 would abandon Elizabeth and Will, who pretty much wrapped their story line (and neither Knightley or Bloom wants to come back) and focus on the bawdy adventures of Sparrow and Barbosa – something I think could work nicely. The Elizabeth+Will stuff always sort of felt boring to me, at least in the sequels.

In new movie news, Disney also seems intent on producing a feature film about Big Thunder Mountain, another attraction of theirs. The story would reportedly follow a Southwest expedition to the mountain in search of cursed gold.

That about wraps up this brief. If you still need more Benjamin Gates though, good news, as a line of children’s books recently launched and will continue. Cheers, mates!


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  • natlie
    So, why don't they just say that the fountin is in atlantis and The pirates go for it in the past and Ben finds it on the day when Jack found it? I mean maybe the fouth n,t movie might have a time portal that ben and his crew are sent back in time to Jack's time and in the end of the movie ben and his friends return to their time? thats my ghess in that movie.
  • Steve
    does anyone think that disney will combine the 2 movies? come on guys both of them r goin to look for the fountain of youth. wat will happen if the gates run into captian jack sparrow and their search for the fountain. will they help each other or wat? the dilema begins!!!!can't wait for 2011 guys
  • natlie
    Well i think it's a good idea. And plus, You know aswell as i do that we need to find out what's on page 47 and find out about the Fountain too.
  • Well, National treasure 3 is already out now,and based on it's ending where the President said, "Any news on that page 47 I had you look up?",I think that set the path for the 4rth movie.
    Pirates 4...I dunno, they said that the 3rd one was the last one, not to mention I think the storyline wrapped up well in the end of the 3rd.
  • lol u mean 2end not 3erd theres only been 2 nts
  • natlie
    WHAT!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?! since when the third movie of national treasure came out? i thought that movie was coming out in the same year as the fourth Pirates film. unless your mistaking the national treasure film for the third film of the Mummy; tomb of the dragon emprorer.
  • Who knows??? If you watched the extra's on the 1st NT DVD the Director said, "We had to change the ending during the screening because people thought their was going to be a sequel". So when they announced NT-2 I was surprised. But given Diseny's record of greed, greed and more greed 2 was only a matter of time. They need to act fast though Jon Voight is not a youngster.
  • lol ok well first guys it would be kool if they did crash but dont be stupid there in dif time periods not gonna happen lol so the question do u thing that, that will happen is stupid and if u think yeah or yes ur even more stupid then the question is
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