Los Angeles, Apr 22: “National Treasure: Edge of History” will not be returning for a second season on streaming service Disney+.
According to entertainment news outlet The Hollywood Reporter, the streamer has cancelled the show, just two months after the 10-episode series wrapped in early February.
Starring Lisette Olivera in the lead role, the series was a follow-up and “expansion” of the “National Treasure” movie franchise, which was fronted by Hollywood star Nicolas Cage.
Created by Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley, the show followed Jess, a twenty-something who becomes caught up in a quest to find and secure lost treasures hidden from Spanish conquistadors by a network if Incan, Mayan and Aztec women.
Olivera was joined in the cast by Zuri Reed, Antonio Cipriano, Jordan Rodrigues, Jake Austin Walker, Lyndon Smith, and Catherine Zeta-Jones, who played the chief antagonist as an antiquities dealer searching for the same treasure.
Justin Bartha and Harvey Keitel reprised their roles from the two movies — “National Treasure” (2004) and “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets” (2007).
“National Treasure: Edge of History” was backed by Disney Branded Television and ABC Signature. (PTI)