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Now You See Me 2 (Original title)
Date: 2016 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Jon M. Chu

Synopsis: A group of magicians called the Four Horsemen, who commit crimes during their performances as a means of promoting the public good, plan an elaborate stage illusion that they hope will expose the unethical practices of a technology entrepreneur.

Genre:
Thriller

Subjects:
Magic (entertainment), Crime
Releases
Date: 10 June 2016Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosDialogue (original): English
Date: 08 July 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - Dolby AtmosDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: E1 Films

Credits (65)
©: LLC Summit Entertainment, Production Company: K/O Paper Products, Presents: Summit Entertainment, Executive Producer: Kevin de la Noy, Executive Producer: Louis Leterrier, Executive Producer: Ed Solomon, Produced by: Alex Kurtzman, Produced by: Roberto Orci, Produced by: Bobby Cohen, Unit Production Manager: Kevin de la Noy, Unit Production Manager: Donald Sabourin, Supervising Location Manager: Alex Gladstone, Location Manager: Ashton Radcliffe, Location Manager: Damon Crane, Aurelia Thomas, Post-production Supervisor: James K. Jensen, 1st Assistant Director: Richard Whelan, Script Supervisor: Anna Worley, Casting: Deborah Aquila, Casting: Tricia Wood, Screenplay: Ed Solomon, Story: Ed Solomon, Story: Peter Chiarelli, Based on characters created by: Boaz Yakin, Edward Ricourt, Director of Photography: Peter Deming, A Camera Operator: Peter Cavaciuti, Steadicam: Peter Cavaciuti, Visual Effects Supervisor: Matt Johnson, Visual Effects: FrameStore, Visual Effects: Cinesite, BlueBolt, Special Effects Supervisor: Steve Hutchinson, Editor: Stan Salfas, Production Designer: Sharon Seymour, Supervising Art Director: Stuart Kearns, Art Director: Dominic Masters, Art Director: Martin Foley, Art Director: Remo Tozzi, Art Director: Stephen Swain, Art Director: Stephen Dobric, Costume Designer: Anna B. Sheppard, Hair/Make-up/ Prosthetics Designer: Frances Hannon, Prologue Sequence and Main Titles: Aspect, End Titles: Exceptional Minds, Music: Brian Tyler, Score Composed and Conducted by: Brian Tyler, Score Performed by: Philharmonia of London, Choreographer: Christopher Scott, Sound Design: John Marquis, Sound Design: Nancy Nugent, Production Sound Mixer: John Casali, Re-recording Mixer: Andy Koyama, Re-recording Mixer: Will Files, Supervising Sound Editor: John Marquis, Supervising Sound Editor: Nancy Nugent, Stunt Co-ordinator: Mark Mottram, Fight Arranger: Mark Mottram, Fight Arranger: Vincent Wang, Chief Magic and Mentalism Consultant: Keith Barry, Cardistry Consultant: Andrei Jikh, Magic Consultant: theory11, Blake Vogt, Filmed at: Longcross Studios
Cast (48)
Jesse Eisenberg (J. Daniel Atlas), Mark Ruffalo (Dylan Rhodes), Woody Harrelson (Merritt McKinney/Chase McKinney), Dave Franco (Jack Wilder), Daniel Radcliffe (Walter Mabry), Lizzy Caplan (Lula), Jay Chou (Li), Sanaa Lathan (Deputy Director Natalie Austin), Michael Caine (Arthur Tressler), Morgan Freeman (Thaddeus Bradley), David Warshofsky (Agent Cowan), Tsai Chin (Bu Bu), William Henderson (young Dylan), Richard Laing (Lionel Shrike), Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Allen Scott-Frank), Brick Patrick (Chase McKinney), Zach Gregory (Hannes Pike), Ben Lamb (Owen Case), Fenfen Huang (lab tech), Aaron Ly (head security guard), Cyd Casados (case adviser), Jem Wilner (Agent Dore), James Richard Marshall (agent UK), Alexa Brown (agent 2 UK), Karl McMillan (prison guard 2 (US)), Jim Pirri (eye voice), Christopher Logan (chef), Varada Sethu (Tressler assistant), Michael Walters (prison guard US), Justine Wachsberger (Zoey Taylor), Simon Connolly (Octa guard), Dino Fetscher (Octo guard), Martin Delaney (Bo Walsh), Nichole Bird (disappearing lady 1), Danielle Bird (disappearing lady 2), Michael Cooke (Jack stooge 1A), John Cooke (Jack stooge 1B), Greg McKenzie (Jack stooge 2A), Michael McKenzie (Jack stooge 2B), Tai Yin Chan (science lab guard), Bruce Chong (science lab guard 2), Marianne Malek (case assistant), Krystal Ellsworth, Jessica Keller, Krysada Phounsiri, Luis Rosado (casino dancer), Karl Hussain (steel drummer), Savannah Guthrie (herself)