As some of you may know, a few things have been around about the new Now You See Me movie... A lot of rumours, dates, cast, etc.
Now there's information about it, that's a fact, but I would like to present it to you because there are a lot of thing that are being said that are not necessarily true... At least for now...
First of all, director Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Uncharted, Venom, etc.) will be directing the third movie, this was announced at late september of 2022 by Lionsgate's Joe Drake. At this point there were no news about the cast.
It's also been claimed that Seth Grahame-Smith will be working on the script.
According to Screen Daily (27 october 2023), Alex Kurtzman and Bobby Cohen will be (once again) producing.
As for the cast, Now You See Me 3 will have the franchise key stars reprising their roles, being Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and Morgan Freeman.
I think it's important to say that actor Michael Caine announced his retirement from acting a month ago, which obviously means he would not be involved in the third movie.
I've also read that Lizzy Caplan, Michael Caine, Dave Franco and even Isla Fisher will reprise their roles, but as far as I know, it is not true (specifically Michael Caine).
And the latest news (literally from hours ago) from different sources claim that the third movie will be a "reimagined" take on the franchise, that the movie will not be a continuation of the series but a "fresh new take on the franchise from the movie's new director vision"…
Due to the fact that this statement is so new, I wouldn't know a lot about it.
Also according to a few sources, production will start in the first half of 2024.
A new take, from a different director, could mean a lot of different things, a prequel? Individual stories of each horsemen? Getting deeper on The Eye's story and it's structure? I don't know, so before I start getting my brain out on that statement, all the information and all the possibilities I will stick to the facts and wait for some more news on the new movie,
It's also important to state that the actors' strike influenced a lot in the works for the movie, maybe that's why there are only 3 actor confirmed for the project and maybe now that it is "all over", in the next weeks we could have good news about the cast, the plot, etc…
Let me know what do you think about the cast, the director, the new vision on the movie, what have you heard, read, etc.
Note: I just wanted to say, I know I can do better, but, my english somehow improved in the last years, I hope this improvement will have a positive effect in this blog (is this a blog? To be honest I never really understood how Tumblr worked) so we can all talk, share, etc. About this franchise that I absolutely love…