Lionsgate has set a 2025 launch for Now You See Me 3, the subsequent installment of the magical heist franchise.
The 4 Horseman might be again in motion subsequent 12 months as Lionsgate has slated Now You See Me 3 for a November 14, 2025 launch. By the point the threequel comes out, it’s going to have been practically ten years for the reason that launch of the final film.
Plot particulars for the magical heist sequel are being saved below wraps, however authentic forged members Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, and Morgan Freeman are all anticipated to reprise their roles. It was additionally introduced earlier this 12 months that Justice Smith (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves), Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers), Ariana Greenblatt (Borderlands), and Rosamund Pike (Saltburn) can be becoming a member of the venture, with Pike stated to be enjoying a “pivotal position” within the film. I can think about her being the newest goal of the 4 Horseman.
Now You See Me 3 will reintroduce audiences to “the thieving illusionists often called the 4 Horseman whereas introducing audiences to a brand new era of magicians.” The studio envisions the sequel because the launching pad for the franchise’s future. Given the contemporary younger forged members, you may have the ability to inform who this “new era” of magicians might be.
Now You See Me 3 might be directed by Ruben Fleischer, with Eric Warren Singer, Seth Graham-Smith, and Mike Lesslie having penned numerous drafts of the script. Earlier this 12 months, Jesse Eisenberg advised Collider that he’s already learn the script and hopes manufacturing will start throughout the subsequent six months. “Yeah, I did [read the script]. Hopefully it’s going to occur within the subsequent six months. I feel it’s going to, it looks like it’s going to. Yeah, it’s actually nice,” Eisenberg stated. “For me, the factor I like about it a lot, having simply learn the script, it celebrates intelligence and it’s non-violent however thrilling, and it’s so bizarre to see that as a result of it sounds so apparent, and it appears like that will be frequent, however it’s really fairly unusual to have a film that’s this franchise, this Hollywood-style film that’s actually nearly teamwork and intelligence, relatively than simply violence.“
