The guy from the National Treasure movies (no, the other guy) will be in the Disney Plus series
Justin Bartha, who played Riley Poole in the movies, will make an appearance in the show
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We’ve known since last year that Disney+ was making a new National Treasure TV show without original film series star Nicolas Cage, but now we know at least one familiar face who’ll be stopping by to uncover some more historically significant artifacts—and it’s thankfully not right-wing creep Jon Voight, who should not be trusted anywhere near a heist at the National Archives building when it’s so close to the Capitol. Anyway, we’re talking about Justin Bartha, the other guy from the National Treasure movies.
Bartha played squirrelly tech guy Riley Poole in the movies, offering a quippier, youthful energy to counter… you know, Nicolas Cage’s whole thing, and The Hollywood Reporter says he’ll be reprising his role in the series in a “guest star” capacity. Up until now, Disney has been a little quiet on how, if at all, the series would connect to the movies, saying it’s an “expansion” of the series rather than a reboot or sequel, but the inclusion of Riley at least establishes some kind of connective tissue between this and the movies (which means Cage could show up at some point too, but since this is on Disney+, he’ll probably just be a CG creature who looks worse and worse the more they show him).
Aside from Bartha, the National Treasure show will star Lisette Alexis as a “brilliant and resourceful DREAMer” named Jess, with Catherine Zeta-Jones playing a billionaire who is probably a bad guy. Zuri Reed, Jordan Rodrigues, Antonio Cipriano, Jake Austin Walker, and Lyndon Smith will also be there, joining Jess on her quest to recover a “lost Pan-American treasure” and learn about a mysterious family secret.
There’s no word on when the show will premiere, but it’s currently filming, so it might be a bit (not only do they have to finish filming, but they have to find a computer that can handle making a CG Nicolas Cage).
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The phrase “connective tissue” grosses me out
The volunteer proofreader left off the period. The end is nigh.
The other day I learned that millennials and Gen Z twits are ‘intimidated’ by periods and question marks. The poor dears. Is there anything in this world that doesn’t offend their fluffy little marshmallow creme souls?
They have a reason for that. It is just as obnoxious as the entire proofreader shtick.
Weird way to refer to Gigli’s Justin Bartha, but sure.
I think you mean “The guy from the Hangover (no, the other guy. No, the OTHER guy… NO THE OTHER OTHER GUY), Justin Bartha”
You mean the guy from Atlanta…
Shit, I just came to make that joke. Bravo.edit: damn I’m a day late anyway.
it’s thankfully not right-wing creep Jon VoightThankfully he’s 83 and probably doesn’t have the energy to film a TV show.I hope Nick Cage makes a cameo here and there. After all, he was the reason why the movies worked so well. That and his bantering with Bartha.
Bartha is a fine actor, but he’s probably the most unfunny comic relief ever in the NT movies. He’s just not funny. At all. Ever.As for Cage, the National Treasure movies are about as close he’s gotten in years to actually appearing human. You can still hear the gears clicking and whirring as he moves frantically about the other humans, but he’s giving it a fair shake.
Doesn’t have the energy to film a TV show, but would make a great President amiright?
Hell no.
This just in: I’ve been told that I’m not right.
Oh, huh. That’s why that guy I saw in Trader Joe’s the other day was so familiar.(They’re filming in Baton Rouge.)
I really liked his sarcastic sadsack.