
She recently starred alongside Sierra McCormick in the indie horror film We Need to Do Something, a psychological thriller that sees a young woman trapped in the bathroom with her family after seeking shelter from a tornado. The National Treasure series will be a third major on-screen credit and first leading role for Alexis, who is a rising young Mexican American actress. That being said, the show will be written and produced by the tender, loving, and caring hands of the Wibberleys and Bruckheimer. This is because the show is an extension of the films that will be played out in the same universe, only it will take place years after the events of Book of Secrets. Throughout the course of the Disney+ original reboot show, she uncovers her own buried family history, as well as the truth about her parents and her link to the aforementioned lost treasure.Īlthough Nicolas Cage won’t be involved in the National Treasure reboot, his role as Ben Gates will still have some influence over Jess and her motley crew of friends who will help her on her search for the truth about her family history.

In the National Treasure series, whose pilot episode will be written by the Wibberleys and Rick Muirragui, and directed by Mira Nair ( Vanity Fair), Jess is described as a brilliant and resourceful Latina who loves mysteries and has a natural talent for solving puzzles. The show is being developed by Disney Branded Television and ABC Signature. She will be a young DREAMer who takes the proverbial torch of Nicolas Cage’s Ben Gates and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to uncover the truth about her past of her family and save a lost Pan-American treasure.


According to an exclusive report from Deadline, the National Treasure show, executive produced once again by Jerry Bruckheimer, director Jon Turtletaub and writers Marianne and Cormac Wibberley, will have Alexis play the role of Jess Morales.
