“Now You See Me 3” begins with Ruben Fleischer (“Venom”) as the director

As Deadline reports, The Lionsgate studio has chosen Ruben Fleischer, director of “Venom” and “Uncharted”, to direct “Now You See Me 3”. Also joining the script is Seth Grahame-Smith, screenwriter of “Pride + Prejudice + Zombie,” who will work alongside Academy Award winner Eric Warren.

The two previous films, ‘Now You See Me’ and ‘Now You See Me 2’, managed to raise a total of $ 686.5 million at the box office around the world. These episodes included Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Lizzy Caplan, Dave Franco, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine, Daniel Radcliffe, and Morgan Freeman, among others. Lionsgate has not confirmed who will return to the cast of the third installment besides Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson.

The saga follows the story of a group of thieving illusionists known as The Four Horsemen, who this time around will have another major heist on their hands where they will once again use all their tricks and skills to deceive the authorities.. In addition, according to the portal We Got This Covered, the new film could have the presence of two new bikers. Although it is not yet known who will play these new characters, although the site itself claims that for the male role the chosen one could become Chris Pratt. As this portal is pretty unreliable when it comes to rumors, let’s take this information with a grain of salt. As for the other role, we only know that it could be a young woman in her twenties who joins the gang of illusionist thieves.

Fleischer, excited

The brand new director of “Now you see me 3” wanted to comment on the announcement of his signing for the franchise: “There are three things in this world that I love … Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson and magic. Having the opportunity to work with these two talented actors, as well as the rest of the incredible cast of the “Now You See Me” films, is a dream come true. I’ve always been a fan of robbery movies: I love being carried away by the twists and turns and the mystery where nothing is as it seems. And this is even more true when thieves are wizards: the opportunities are endless. Eric was able to unveil an exciting new way to get into a new movie and fun new characters, so I can’t wait to dig even deeper. “.