According to Deadline, up-and-coming actress Lisette Alexis has been tapped for the lead role in the upcoming National Treasure TV series for Disney+.
What’s Happening:
- This TV extension to the popular National Treasure film franchise will feature Lisette Alexis (Total Eclipse) as Jess, a brilliant and resourceful Latina woman with a natural talent for solving puzzles. Jess will uncover her own storied history, along with the truth about her parents and her connection to a long-lost Pan-American treasure.
- Jess will be taking over the lead role of the franchise from Nicolas Cage’s character from the films, Benjamin Gates.
- The show’s pilot episode is written by Marianne and Cormac Wibberly, directed by Mira Nair, and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and Jon Turteltaub.
- Production is expected to start in early 2022.
More Disney+ News:
- Disney+ is calling their new show Hawkeye “the holiday event you can’t miss.” With that, they’ve released a new trailer showing off some new Christmas filled clips from the show.
- Hayden Christensen is already set to return to a galaxy far, far away when he reprises his role as Darth Vader in the upcoming Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi series. Now, it appears he will also return for the planned Star Wars: Ahsoka series as well.
- Celebrating Jeff Goldblum’s birthday, Disney+ has released the trailer and key art for the second season of the Disney+ Original Series, The World According to Jeff Goldblum.
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