Nicolas Cage has ruled out directing a popular film franchise in the future.
The 60-year-old actor revealed he would not make a third National Treasure film in an interview with Rant screen.
Cage starred as treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates in the 2004 adventure film and 2007 sequel “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” but has flatly denied the possibility of another film.
“No, there’s no ‘National Treasure 3’. If you want to find treasure, don’t watch Disney, okay? It’s not there,” shared the actor – who was recently seen at the Oscars.
Hopes for another National Treasure movie are also distant as Cage suggested last year that he might soon retire from the film business and only had “three or four” films left.
Nicolas Cage, 60, has ruled out making a popular film franchise in the future; The actor seen on March 11
He said Vanity Fair magazine: “It’s starting to come together – I’m starting to cement my plan. I still have maybe three or four films left in me.
“I feel like I said what I had to say with cinema. I think I took cinematic performance as far as possible.
The Dream Scenario actor stressed that he is determined to “say goodbye on a good note” to filming as he wants to spend more time with his 18-month-old daughter, August Francesca Coppola Cage – who he has with his wife Riko Shibata, 29 years old. .
He previously said: “I was taking stock of how much time I had left.”
“I said to myself: ‘OK, my father died at 75, I’m going to be 60. If I’m lucky I have maybe 15 good years and I’m hoping for more. What do I want to do with these 15 years, using my father as a role model?
“It became very clear to me that I wanted to spend time with my family.”
In addition to spending more time with his daughter, Cage explained that he wants to read more in the future.
He told Entertainment Tonight: “I would like to read a book a week, I want to spend more time with my daughter. I take stock more of what is important.
“Maybe not make as many films.”
Cage can next be seen in Arcadian, playing a middle-aged father trying to protect his sons from the apocalypse. The film is scheduled to release on April 12, 2024
The actor revealed he wouldn’t make a third National Treasure movie in an interview with Screen Rant
Cage played treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates in the 2004 adventure film and 2007 sequel “National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” but flatly denied the possibility of another film; seen in a photo with Diane Kruger
“No, there is no “National Treasure 3”. If you want to find treasure, don’t watch Disney, okay? It’s not there, he said; (From left): Justin Bartha, Jon Voight, Cage, Helen Mirren and Kruger
Hopes for another National Treasure movie are also distant as Cage suggested last year that he might soon retire from the film business and only had “three or four” films left; seen at the Oscars last Sunday
Cage said he wants to spend more time with his 18-month-old daughter, August Francesca Coppola Cage – who he shares with wife Riko Shibata, 29; the couple seen last Sunday
The actor can next be seen in Arcadian, playing a middle-aged father trying to protect his sons from the apocalypse. The film is scheduled to release on April 12, 2024; seen in a still image
He will also feature in the upcoming thriller The Surfer and the horror thriller Longlegs.
Last Sunday, he walked the red carpet at the 96th Academy Awards with his wife Riko.
The couple looked glamorous with the Oscar-winning Leaving Las Vegas actor wearing a classic black tuxedo with a black bow tie.
Riko looked stunning in a silver and black art deco-inspired dress. The long black sheath featured a structured silver shell-shaped ornament on the front.
The couple married in Las Vegas in 2021 and welcomed their daughter in August 2022.