Justin Bartha Set to Reprise His Role in the NATIONAL TREASURE Series Coming to Disney+
Actor Justin Bartha (The Hangover, The Good Fight) has signed on to reprise his role from the National Treasure movies in the upcoming series on Disney+. Bartha’s character in the films was Riley Poole, the best friend and computer expert sidekick of treasure hunting lead Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage). Bartha will appear in a guest capacity for the upcoming Disney Plus series, which stars a new cast of treasure hunters searching for a lost Pan-American treasure.
Bartha will join the cast which already includes stars Lisette Alexis as Jess, a young DREAMer who unearths mysterious truths about her families past, Catherine Zeta-Jones, who has previously starred with Bartha in The Rebound, along with Zuri Reed, Jordan Rodrigues, Antonio Cipriano, Jake Austin Walker and Lyndon Smith.
The Disney Plus series isn’t the only planned expansion of the National Treasure franchise; a third film is currently in development, with Bad Boys for Life screenwriter Chris Bremner writing the script.
Filming on the National Treasure series is currently underway in Baton Rouge.
via: Variety