Overview
- Director Jon Turteltaub told a live audience on Friday that he has a script he likes and that Disney reacted by saying it “sounds like a movie we can make.”
- Turteltaub said Nicolas Cage is expected to reprise Benjamin Franklin Gates and producer Jerry Bruckheimer has reportedly given the script his blessing.
- The team plans to reassemble as much of the original cast as possible while creators caution the project remains “Hollywood real,” meaning it could still be delayed or derailed.
- Turteltaub said the screenplay will likely acknowledge contemporary U.S. political divides and that writers are trying to include that element without alienating viewers.
- There is no official public statement from Disney, no confirmed production schedule, and key next milestones are formal studio confirmation, cast announcements, and a start date.