Late final yr, Disney premiered Nationwide Treasure: Fringe of Historical past, a YA-oriented spinoff of the cult traditional two-film collection starring Nicholas Cage and Dianne Kruger. The collection ended its first season again in early February, and because it seems, that’ll be its solely season.
Per Deadline on Friday night, Disney mentioned it wouldn’t be renewing Fringe of Historical past for a second season. Regardless of what gave the impression to be blended opinions for the collection, it managed to fluctuate spots within the Prime 10 for many streamed TV exhibits within the US all through its run (in line with Whip Media’s TV Time). Notably, it was additionally one of the few non-Marvel or Star Wars exhibits from Disney+ to make it into Nielsen’s Prime 10 streaming rankings in the course of the week of January 16-22.
Fringe of Historical past targeted on Lisette Olivera as Jess Valenzuela, a DACA recipient residing 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 seek out historic misplaced treasures that have been hidden away from Spanish conquistadors. Along with starring the likes of Jordan Rodrigues and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Fringe of Historical past introduced again collection 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 present 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 if or not Disney will greenlight it—although the corporate is all in nostalgia, it’s additionally attempting to play some issues protected as potential, and axing Fringe of Historical past could point out to them that the collection is not viable. However who is aware of, possibly the gradual resurgence of treasure hunters courtesy of Nathan Drake and (ultimately) Indiana Jones could change their tune.
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