Producer Jerry Bruckheimer tells MTV that the highly-anticipated sequel to National Treasure is getting underway.

"I met with Nic yesterday, and it's getting very close," he said. "We're going to start filming in January."

Discussing the National Treasure 2 script, Bruckheimer revealed: "It's another little treasure hunt, and this time it involves [Abe] Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth and 18 pages which are actually missing from [Lincoln's] diary."

Teasing the plot further, Bruckheimer posed the central question of the sequel. "What was in those 18 pages?" he asked.

I'm definately anticipating this. <333ed the character Riley in the first one! ^ _ ^

I got a kick out of the first movie, so I look forward to this one. I hope they keep most of the cast intact.