Now You See Me is a 2013 Hollywood heist movie directed by Louis Leterrier. It is based on a screenplay by Ed Solomon, Boaz Yakin, and Edward Ricourt, as well as a story by Yakin and Ricourt. It is the first book in the series Now You See Me.
Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mélanie Laurent, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman star in the film. The plot follows an FBI agent and an Interpol detective as they track down and try to bring a group of magicians to jail for committing bank heists and robberies during their shows and rewarding their audiences with the proceeds.
Summit Entertainment released the film in the United States on May 31, 2013, after a premiere in New York City on May 21, 2013. The film garnered negative reviews, with most of the criticism focusing on the finale, but it was a box office success, generating $351.7 million worldwide on a $75 million budget.
The film garnered nominations for the Empire Award for Best Thriller and the Saturn Award for Best Thriller Film and Best Music, as well as the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Thriller Movie. On June 10, 2016, a sequel, Now You See Me 2, was released.
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