'National Treasure' going international?

Posted Tuesday, December 4, 2007 at 4:51 PM Central

by John Couture

This month, Nicolas Cage is doing something that he's never done before, he's starring in a sequel. The notoriously fastidious actor stars in National Treasure: Book of Secrets, reversing a trend that is on its third decade.

And apparently, Nic doesn't plan to stop at just two movies. ComingSoon.net got the scoop from the actor.

"With National Treasure, I believe that it should become more and more 'International Treasure.' I was very happy to see that we went to London, England and Paris, France, but I'd like to see the movie go wider still. I'd like to go into Africa, Egypt, Asia, and keep going. My hope is that Ben is recruited and he gets a dossier from these other countries about their history, and has to download it and learn it, and then try to go on these hunts on their behalf. That would be a lot of fun for me."

I must admit that the original National Treasure was a fun ride and one of my favorite movies in the last five years, but can the sequel deliver the same thrills? And what about the third or fourth installment?