We live at a time when the entertainment industry is greenlighting all kinds of sequels and revivals of beloved franchises. Now it’s been confirmed that one other such beloved franchise is finally getting a movie sequel quite a few years after the most recent installment was released.
In fact, the most recent installment was released in 2016. As such, fans are imaginably eager for a new sequel to finally come together. And, according to one of the film’s expected stars, the movie is actually set to begin production sooner rather than later.
This was confirmed by an actor in the movie in a recent interview. The actor would be reprising his role from both of the franchise’s previous two installments.
Here’s what Jesse Eisenberg shared with Collider at SXSW, noting that the film is none other than Now You See Me 3, and that it could begin production in the next six months.
“Yeah, I did [read the script]. Hopefully it will happen in the next six months. I think it will, it seems like it will. Yeah, it’s really great,” Eisenberg shared. “I also agree with you. For me, the thing I love about it so much, having just read the script, it celebrates intelligence and it’s non-violent but exciting, and it’s so weird to see that because it sounds so obvious, and it sounds like that would be common, but it’s actually quite uncommon to have a movie that’s this franchise, this Hollywood-style movie that’s really just about teamwork and intelligence, rather than just violence.”
He also teased a possible title for the film:
“And so when I’m reading this new script for Now You See Me , or Now You 3 Me as we’ve been calling it — I’ll get in trouble for that — I’m thinking, ‘oh, wow, these actors who I’m friends with, who are all genius actors are gonna be so funny in this.’ And I could see, ‘oh, we’ll probably improvise this moment because I see they set up a really great foundation,’ and so it’s stuff like that to me. I love acting more than anything because that’s my job. So when I see a movie that is a plot-driven Hollywood thing, I don’t really care about that stuff as much. But when I see that it’s filled with these great actors, it makes me really excited.”
This is certainly a surprising development. Especially with fans having waited so long for the third film to finally come around. Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for any additional updates regarding the highly-anticipated franchise sequel Now You See Me 3 as we have them.