"Now You See Me 3" is already in working progress. The movie is known and hit the top charts with its misdirection concepts that triggers peoples mind to attain strong focus on the movie. It's not a deception, nor a sleight of hand or an illusion.
This is happening, and still more than a year away before the second film hits theaters. This means that the semi-decent magician-heist film is now becoming a trilogy. As Variety reported, the news of "Now You See Me 3" was announced during a Lionsgate company conference call to discuss quarterly earnings with analysts.
"The studio has already begun early work on the third installment, as they expect "Now You See Me 2" to pull in a hefty amount of box office dough"-stated by CEO Jon Feltheimer.
The first film, "Now You See Me" debuted to mixed reviews and currently stands at 50% on Rotten Tomatoes, which, if you remember how high school grades work, means it failed. However, it made more than $351 million worldwide with a production budget of $75 million, which was all the ammunition the studio needed to sign off on a sequel.
"Now You See" centered on a packed of criminal magicians known as The Four Horsemen, played by Jesse Eisenberg (Batman v Superman), Woody Harrelson (The Hunger Games), Isla Fisher (The Great Gatsby) and Dave Franco (Neighbors). With each excellent performance and great acting talents; they pull off another heist, stealing massive amounts of money from either a bank or a particularly wealthy individual. A pair of detectives, Mark Ruffalo (Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Melanie Laurent (Enemy) were hot on their trail.
"Now You See Me 2," officially called "Now You See Me: The Second Act" will see the Horsemen reenter to deal face to face with a new enemy who wants them to pull off their most dangerous heist to date. Most of the principal cast members are returning for the sequel, including Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine. However, Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex) will replace Fisher, and Daniel Radcliff from the Harry Potter joins the show. Director Jon M. Chu recently wrapped production on the film for a June 10, 2016 theatrical release.
There are many early motions getting "Now You See Me 3" off the ground. It's still mind-blowing that an average and dare semi-forgettable film such as this could become such an investment for the studio, but it doesn't take much nowadays to warrant sequels or in this case a trilogy.
