An international room of mirrors is stretching around the world this week to promote the sequel to 2013’s Now You See Me. Lions Gate Entertainment released a volley of posters internationally featuring the cast members from the film for Now You See Me 2. Along with the returning cast of Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Jesse Eisenberg, and Dave Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, and Jay Chou round out the all-star cast.
Now’s a good time to catch the original. It’s a fun romp that we reviewed previously here at borg.com.
If you missed out on the trailer, check it out here.
You never know which movies will flop or not and which make enough money to merit a sequel. We previously reviewed Now You See Me here at borg.com and although the ending didn’t quite deliver it was still a fun enough flick. The draw is most likely the diverse cast, and that’s no different for its coming sequel.
Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Dave Franco, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman are back with newcomers Lizzy Caplan and Daniel Radcliffe. Notably not on the cast list is the original film’s co-lead Isla Fisher.
Here’s the first teaser trailer for Now You See Me 2:
Now You See Me 2 is scheduled for release June 10, 2016.
It must be hard to portray the art of being a magician on the big screen. The latest effort is The Transporter, The Incredible Hulk, and Clash of the Titans’ director Louis Leterrier’s Now You See Me previewed earlier at borg.comhere. It has much to offer by way of entertainment, the best reward being the cast, which manages to nail that very Las Vegas magic act schtick of “showmanship” that you only see in a good magic act. But can you give a theatrical audience a convincing magic show–actually trick us and surprise us in the same way someone like David Copperfield can make the Statue of Liberty disappear right in front of you, or how Teller distracts as Penn causes the very thing you’re staring at to disappear right before you?
Apparently you can’t do that in the movies–or at least no one has dazzled us in that way yet. But you can at least give us a good show letting us see different styles in which magicians practice their art.
Two recent contenders for the top of the “movies about magicians and magic” list are not at risk of leaving the top because of Now You See Me. The Illusionist, starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica Biel, Rufus Sewell, Eddie Marsan, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and The Prestige, starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, and Scarlett Johansson released opposite each other in 2006, take on the same themes. But if you’re deciding between the two we think The Illusionist, from director Neil Burger (Limitless, Divergent) is the better film, over the very typically over-the-top effort by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight Trilogy, Man of Steel, Inception) in The Prestige. It’s the payoff of Now You See Me that doesn’t quite cut it, despite some fun theatrics along the way.
Not a lot of movies that don’t tie strictly to a single definable genre have intriguing previews that we focus on here at borg.com, but one new trailer caught our radar this week for its interesting plot and supporting cast of major league actors. Now You See Me stars Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network, Adventureland), Mark Ruffalo (Zodiac, The Avengers), Woody Harrelson, and Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers) alongside film legends Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman. And the subject? A Vegas style spectacular magic act that transports people on stage to Paris to rob a bank, then return to the stage in minutes and share all the cash with the audience–until the cops show up and want to know the secret behind the act. Check out the first trailer for Now You See Me:
