“This holds a treasure of utmost importance. I thought about destroying it a billion times to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.” So begins the official trailer for National Treasure: Edge of History, the upcoming Disney+ series based on the hit film franchise.
The trailer was unveiled Saturday by series star Catherine Zeta-Jones and her fellow cast members during Disney Branded Television’s presentation at the D23 Expo in Anaheim, CA.
The series premieres Wednesday, December 14 with the first two episodes.Lisette Olivera, Zuri Reed, Antonio Cipriano, Jordan Rodrigues, Jake Austin Walker and Lyndon Smith star in the series executive produced by the films’ producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Jon Turteltaub and writers Marianne and Cormac Wibberley.
Harvey Keitel, who played Peter Sadusky in the National Treasure film franchise, guest stars in the same role.The series is an expansion of the National Treasure movie franchise told from the point of view of young heroine Jess (Olivera) — a DREAMer in search of answers about her family — who embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to uncover the truth about the past and save a lost Pan-American treasure.Jerry Bruckheimer, Cormac and Marianne Wibberley (National Treasure), Jonathan Littman (The Amazing Race) and KristieAnne Reed (Lucifer) executive produce the series alongside Rick Muirragui (Suits), who also serves as a writer.
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