JoBlo has learned that Oscar-winner Helen Mirren (The Queen) will play Nicolas Cage’s mother, Emily Gates, in Walt Disney Pictures’ National Treasure: Book of Secrets.
The site says that Emily will help link Gage’s Ben Gates to his family’s connection to John Wilkes Booth and the mysterious Knights of the Gold Circle.
And the bad guy this time around? Four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris. He’ll play Jeb Wilkinson, who has some information about Gates’ father and aligns himself as an ally.
Returning for the Jon Turteltaub-directed sequel are Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha and Harvey Keitel.