National Treasure: Edge of History

National Treasure: Edge of History is an American action-adventure television series developed for and globally released on the streaming service Disney+. It is based on, and a continuation of, the National Treasure film series. It was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, ABC Signature and Disney Branded Television. The series stars Lisette Olivera, with Catherine Zeta-Jones as the apparent lead antagonist, and with Justin Bartha reprising his role from the films as a recurring character, while Harvey Keitel appears in the beginning, also reprising his film role. Mira Nair directed the pilot episode. The show primarily filmed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and premiered on December 14, 2022.

National Treasure: Edge of History was among the ten most-streamed programs in the US from its first week, before it reached the top 5 in its later weeks. In April 2023, the series was canceled after one season.

Main

 * Lisette Olivera as Jess Valenzuela, a young DACA woman living in Baton Rouge who finds out that her dead father is part of a secret network of treasure protectors; later Liam's love interest.
 * Zuri Reed as Tasha Rivers, Jess' roommate and best friend.
 * Antonio Cipriano as Oren Bradley, another friend, roommate of Ethan, and sneakerhead; Tasha's on-and-off boyfriend
 * Jordan Rodrigues as Ethan Chao, Jess' oldest friend who has feelings for her; Oren's roommate
 * Jake Austin Walker as Liam Sadusky, musician and bar worker, Peter Sadusky's grandson; later Jess's love interest
 * Catherine Zeta-Jones as Billie Pearce, a wealthy and ruthless black market antiquities dealer
 * Lyndon Smith as Agent Ross, an FBI agent who recently transferred to the Bureau's Baton Rouge field office. It is later revealed her full name is Hannah Betsy Ross.

Special guest stars

 * Harvey Keitel as Peter Sadusky, a reclusive former FBI agent and master Freemason suffering from dementia. Keitel played the same character in the National Treasure film series.
 * Justin Bartha as Riley Poole, a computer expert and good friend of Ben Gates from both films.

Recurring

 * Breeda Wool as Kacey, one of Billie's mercenaries
 * Dustin Ingram as Myles, Peter's former nurse
 * Salena Qureshi as Meena Mishra, Ethan's love interest
 * Darri Ingolfsson as Dario, another one of Billie's mercenaries
 * Armando Riesco as Agent Hendricks, Agent Ross's boss and Peter Sadusky's former partner and friend. Riesco reprises his role from the film series.
 * Tommy Savas as Dr. Zeke Hudson, a coroner at the city morgue who is interested in Agent Ross romantically
 * Joseph D. Reitman as The Bearded Man, a man who follows Jess and her friends
 * Jacob Vargas as Rafael, Jess' father

Development
In early May 2020, Jerry Bruckheimer revealed in an interview with Collider that a National Treasure television series was in the works for Disney+. The series would follow the same concept as the films with a younger cast. The script for the pilot was completed, with plotting for the story continued for the rest of the episodes.

In March 2021, Disney officially greenlit the series. The series's title was revealed in July 2022, ahead of its panel at San Diego Comic-Con.

Casting
In October 2021, Lisette Olivera, a Latina actress from LA previously acting under the name Lisette Alexís, was cast in the lead role. In January 2022, Zuri Reed, Jake Austin Walker, Antonio Cipriano, Jordan Rodrigues and Lyndon Smith were added to the cast, with Catherine Zeta-Jones joining the next month. In April 2022, Justin Bartha joined the series as a recurring guest star to reprise his role from the films. On July 21, 2022, during San Diego Comic-Con, it was revealed that Harvey Keitel would also be reprising his role, as Peter Sadusky, the lead FBI agent from the first 2 movies.

Filming
Principal photography began on February 12, 2022, in Baton Rouge. Filming moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in late June.

Release
National Treasure: Edge of History was released on December 14, 2022, on Disney+, with its first two episodes available immediately. On April 21, 2023, Disney+ canceled the series after one season.

Audience viewership
According to Whip Media's TV Time, National Treasure: Edge of History was the tenth most streamed original television series across all platforms in the United States during the week of December 18, 2022, the ninth during the week of December 25, 2022, the tenth during the week of January 1, 2023, and during the week of January 8, 2023, the seventh during the week of January 15, 2023, the fourth during the week of January 22, 2023, the fifth during the week of January 29, 2023, and during the week of February 5, 2023, and the seventh during the week of February 12, 2023.

Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 38% based on 21 critic reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Treating the franchise's past with an overweening reverence while padding out its new cast with cloying sidekicks, this National Treasure spinoff tumbles over the edge of satisfaction." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 46 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Editor-in-chief Grant Marek of SFGATE described National Treasure: Edge of History as "great" and "really fun watch," referring positively to connections to the films.

Accolades
The series was one of 200 television series that received the ReFrame Stamp for the years 2022 to 2023. The stamp is awarded by the gender equity coalition ReFrame and industry database IMDbPro for film and television projects that are proven to have gender-balanced hiring, with stamps being awarded to projects that hire women, especially women of color, in four out of eight key roles for their production.

It was nominated for Drama Series at the 2023 Women's Image Network Awards. It also have three nominations for Outstanding Editing for a Single Camera Program, Outstanding Main Title and Graphics and with Catherine Zeta-Jones nominated for Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Preschool, Children's or Young Teen Program at the 2nd Children's and Family Emmy Awards.