Thirty years later, Ben and his friend, computer expert Riley Poole, head an expedition financed by wealthy Ian Howe to find the Charlotte, revealed to be a ship lost in the Arctic. While Ben is convinced by the story, his skeptical father, Patrick, dismisses it as nonsense. Carroll's secret was a clue leading to the treasure: the phrase 'the secret lies with Charlotte'. When Ben was young, his grandfather John told him that, in 1832, Charles Carroll passed on a secret to their ancestor of a fabled treasure hidden in America by the Knights Templar, Founding Fathers, and Freemasons. It was released on the Disney+ streaming service on December 14, 2022.īenjamin Franklin Gates is an American historian, cryptographer, and treasure hunter. A sequel, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, was released in 2007.Īt the 2022 D23 Expo, a sequel TV series, National Treasure: Edge of History, was announced. The film grossed $347 million worldwide and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the action scenes and performances but criticized the premise and screenplay. National Treasure was released worldwide on November 19, 2004. In the film, Benjamin Franklin Gates, a historian, along with friend Riley Poole and archivist Abigail Chase, search for a massive lost Freemason treasure, to which a map is hidden on the back of the Declaration of Independence. It is the first film in the National Treasure franchise and stars Nicolas Cage in the lead role, Harvey Keitel, Jon Voight, Diane Kruger, Sean Bean, Justin Bartha and Christopher Plummer.

It was written by Jim Kouf and the Wibberleys, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Jon Turteltaub. National Treasure is a 2004 American action-adventure heist film released by Walt Disney Pictures.

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