Popverse's top stories

• Daredevil’s business card in Spider-Man: Brand New Day has the wrong area code in his phone number
• Wonder Man Yahya Abdul-Mateen II opens up about Disney cancelling the show - and how Marvel can "change the narrative"
• Rob Liefeld has some extremely specific thoughts about Deadpool's anatomy: "He is well-endowed."

First, he stole the Declaration of Independence. Then, he kidnapped the President of the United States. What other Robin Hood-esque crimes could Nicolas Cage commit for (and in relation to the history of) his country? Well good news, gang - it won't be long until we get an actual answer to that question. As of this writing, National Treasure 3 is officially in the works.

The news comes from no less a reliable source than Jon Turteltaub himself, the director of both installments of the franchise that sees Nic Cage as historian/asskicker Benjamin Franklin Gates. Speaking at a live taping of the National Treasure Hunt Podcast in Philadelphia (where else?), Turtletaub confirmed that, after he spent years trying to get the project off the ground, Disney has finally given the director the OK to complete the historical mystery trilogy.

"It’s finally real," Turtletaub said, before clarifing, "Now, it’s 'Hollywood real,' meaning things can happen. Nic gets hit by a bus, there’s no National Treasure. If I get hit by a bus, there’s probably a National Treasure. Welcome to Hollywood, that’s Hollywood."

Well jeez, Jon, we certainly hope that doesn't happen, especially since the illustrious Mr. Cage is joining us this year for New York Comic Con. And I'm just saying, if such a tragedy did occur, we're definitely going to suspect that Sean Bean was behind the wheel.

National Treasure and National Treasure: Book of Secrets are streaming now on Disney+.

Nic Cage doing his own badass historian riff is cool enough, but if you want to get back to the source, Popverse's Indiana Jones watch order is right here.