National Treasure: Edge of History

Cast

Lisette Olivera portrays Jesusita “Jess” Valenzuela, a young DACA woman in Baton Rouge who learns her deceased father belonged to a secret network of treasure protectors and later becomes Liam's love interest. Zuri Reed plays Tasha Rivers, Jess's roommate and best friend. Antonio Cipriano appears as Oren Bradley, a sneakerhead and Tasha's on-and-off boyfriend. Jordan Rodrigues portrays Ethan Chao, Jess's oldest friend who harbors feelings for her.

Jake Austin Walker plays Liam Sadusky, a musician and grandson of Peter Sadusky. Catherine Zeta-Jones stars as Billie Pearce, a wealthy black market antiquities dealer. Lyndon Smith plays FBI Agent Ross, later revealed as Hannah Betsy Ross. Harvey Keitel reprises his film role as Peter Sadusky, a former FBI agent with dementia.

Justin Bartha also reprises his film role as Riley Poole, a computer expert. Other cast members include Breeda Wool as mercenary Kacey Hasler, Dustin Ingram as former nurse Myles Moro, Salena Qureshi as Meena Mishra, Darri Ingolfsson as mercenary Dario, Armando Riesco as Agent Hendricks, Tommy Savas as Dr. Zeke Hudson, Joseph D. Reitman as The Bearded Man, and Jacob Vargas as Jess's father Rafael.

Production

In early May 2020, Jerry Bruckheimer disclosed that a National Treasure television series was in development for Disney+, following the same concept with a younger cast. Disney officially greenlit the series in March 2021, and the title was revealed in July 2022. Lisette Olivera was cast as the lead in October 2021.

Additional cast members joined in early 2022, including Catherine Zeta-Jones in February. Justin Bartha and Harvey Keitel were announced as reprising their film roles in April and July 2022, respectively. Principal photography began on February 12, 2022, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and later moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in late June.

Reception

National Treasure: Edge of History received generally mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 38% approval rating based on 21 critic reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10; the critics' consensus states the series treats the franchise's past with overweening reverence and pads its new cast with cloying sidekicks. Metacritic assigned a score of 46 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews. According to Parrot Analytics, the series saw a 29% increase in demand after its seventh episode, rising to eighth among new shows for the week of January 14-20, 2023, with 16.5 times the average series demand.

It later climbed to sixth place with a 5% demand increase from January 31 to February 3. Whip Media ranked it as the tenth most streamed original in the U.S. for the week of December 18, 2022, rising to fourth by January 22, 2023. Nielsen Media Research estimated 294 million minutes watched from January 16-22, 2023.

Did You Know?

• The trailer was released in September 2022.
• In August 2024, Ted Elliott revealed that the series is treated as canon for the National Treasure franchise.