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Late final 12 months, Disney premiered Nationwide Treasure: Fringe of Historical past, a YA-oriented spinoff of the cult traditional two-film sequence starring Nicholas Cage and Dianne Kruger. The sequence ended its first season again in early February, and because it seems, that’ll be its solely season.
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Per Deadline on Friday night, Disney stated it wouldn’t be renewing Fringe of Historical past for a second season. Regardless of what gave the impression to be combined critiques for the sequence, it managed to fluctuate spots within the High 10 for many streamed TV reveals within the US all through its run (in keeping with Whip Media’s TV Time). Notably, it was additionally one of many few non-Marvel or Star Wars reveals from Disney+ to make it into Nielsen’s High 10 streaming rankings throughout the week of January 16-22.
Fringe of Historical past centered on Lisette Olivera as Jess Valenzuela, a DACA recipient dwelling in Baton Rouge who learns her useless father was a part of a secret society of treasure hunters. Alongside together with her mates, Jess goes on a journey to search out historic misplaced treasures that had been hidden away from Spanish conquistadors. Along with starring the likes of Jordan Rodrigues and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Fringe of Historical past introduced again sequence actors Justin Bartha as Riley Poole and Harvey Keitel as FBI agent Peter Sadusky.
With the present’s cancellation, the way forward for the franchise is at the moment up within the air. There’ve been talks on and off for years a couple of Nationwide Treasure 3, with producer Jerry Bruckheimer saying final August {that a} script had been completed and despatched to Cage for approval. It’s anybody’s guess as as to whether or not Disney will greenlight it—although the corporate is all in nostalgia, it’s additionally making an attempt to play some issues protected as doable, and axing Fringe of Historical past could point out to them that the sequence is not viable. However who is aware of, perhaps the gradual resurgence of treasure hunters courtesy of Nathan Drake and (ultimately) Indiana Jones could change their tune.
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