Lizzy Caplan and more set for the sequel
Though Michael Caine let the word slip last month, the idea that Daniel Radcliffe would appear in Now You See Me 2 has largely been confined to unconfirmed status until now. Lionsgate has officially announced that Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan and Jay Chou are aboard the sequel.
Returning for another go-around after last year’s surprise hit are Caine, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson and Dave Franco. While Isla Fisher isn’t mentioned, the press release does say that illusionist team the Four Horsemen reunite, so she’s presumably locking down a deal to return. Unless the group ends up just with Eisenberg, Harrelson and Franco, and is renamed the Three Horsemen, which really doesn’t work as well. The Three Amigos? Nah, it’s been done.
The plot finds the gang back together to face a new enemy (probably Radcliffe since he’s playing the son of Caine's Arthur Tressler, Walter) who recruits them for a fresh heist. Caplan – who could conceivably be taking over Fisher’s spot – will be a woman named Lula, while Taiwanese idol Chou is set as Li. Jon M. Chu will direct the film, with shooting due to kick off soon ready for a June 10 release date next year.
For more from Radcliffe, check out our latest Podcast, which saw him lured into the Pod-booth for a typically entertaining chinwag.
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