With ‘The Legacy of the Knights Templar’ and ‘The Legacy of the Secret Book’, Disney created a successful adventure film series starring Nicolas Cage in the 2000s, which grossed over $900 million worldwide at the box office. As early as 2014, the first rumors began to circulate that the franchise could be expanded with a third installment, which was repeatedly encouraged by various parties over the years – including statements about a completed script and initial commitments from the cast and crew .
Instead, our own series awaited us on Disney+ at the end of 2022 with ‘The Legacy of Montezuma’, set 17 years after the events of ‘The Legacy of the Secret Book’ and starring Catherine Zeta-Jones ( “ Chicago”) and Lisette Alexis (“Shelter”) were on the cast list. However, the series was canceled by Disney after just one season, while many fans still took comfort in that that at least “The Legacy of the Knights Templar 3‘ may still be on the plan for the studio. However, Nicolas Cage has now dashed these hopes.
According to Nicolas Cage, “The Legacy of the Knights Templar” series will not be continued
The actor took part in an exclusive interview a clear and disappointing statement about the future of the series “Legacy of the Knights Templar”: “No, there won’t be a ‘Legacy of the Knights Templar 3’.”
For better or worse, fans have to say goodbye to a third installment of the adventure series, because Cage’s words here leave little room for hope. While it is still possible that the series could continue without the actor and focus on another role as treasure hunter Benjamin Gates, the cancellation of the Disney+ series now makes this project even more unlikely.
Instead, you can soon see Nicolas Cage on the big screen in Norwegian director Kristoffer Borgli’s bizarre satire ‘Dream Scenario’, which hits German cinemas on March 21, 2024. In our FILMSTARTS review we gave the film a solid 4 stars.