Jon M. Chu Will Return To Direct Now You See Me 3,

 

Come June, Lionsgate will lift the curtain on the Four Horsemen once more and, by effect, Now You See Me 2. A direct sequel to the magical sleeper hit of 2013, the studio has appointed Jon M. Chu at the helm for this year’s crime caper and though it’s still to hit theaters, plans are already in place for Now You See Me 3.

Word has it that Chu has been tapped to return for the threequel. Casting details for the embryonic follow-up are, as you would imagine, about as elusive as the Four Horsemen themselves, but Lionsgate is surely hosting talks with all of the core players – Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, Dave Franco – in anticipation of a third globetrotting escapade.

After pulling the wool over the FBI’s eyes not to mention earning an impressive box office haul, Lionsgate has recruited Lizzy Caplan to its band of Robin Hood-esque magicians for Now You See Me 2. She’ll play the role of new recruit Lula, joining Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Daniel Radcliffe, with the latter causing all manner of chaos for our Four Horsemen as scheming prodigy, Walter Mabry.

Now You See Me 2 will hope to weave its magic at the worldwide box office come June 10, lest those plans of a threequel grind to a halt before they can get going in earnest