Now You See Me 3 will be penned by Pride and Prejudice and Zombies writer Seth Grahame-Smith and will be produced by Bobby Cohen, alongside Secret Hideout’s Alex Kurtzman. Meredith Wieck and Chisom Ude are managing the project for Lionsgate.
Speaking to Deadline, Fleischer expressed his excitement about helming the upcoming threequel, calling it “a dream come true.” Check out his statement below:
Lionsgate Motion Picture Group President Nathan Kahane shared praises for Fleischer while officially giving the threequel a greenlight:
Now You See Me follows four thieving illusionists known as The Four Horsemen, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, Dave Franco, Morgan Freeman, and Mark Ruffalo. The first two movies acquired an impressive $686.5M box office receipt combined. Now You See Me 3’s release window has not yet been revealed.
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