In this edition, check out the making America: The Motion Picture, listen as Kevin Smith breaks down Silent Bob's speechin Clerks, and more.
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Here's our first look at Lionsgate's John Wick roller coaster and a ride based on the magic heist movie franchise Now You See Me.
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In this edition of Sequel Bits: Kal Penn is down for Harold & Kumar 4. Vin Diesel says an Oscar-winner will appear in F9. Kevin Smith is using this time of quarantine to finish the Clerks 3 and Mallrats 2 scripts. Freddy vs Jason writers still want a sequel, and so do I. Jesse Eisenberg knows absolutely nothing…
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Now You See Me Live will translate the movie franchise about magicians into an actual magic show and it will be coming to a city near you.
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Do you love magic movies? In this list I take a look at the best films about magic and magicians, ranked from 1953's Houdini to 2016's Now You Can See Me 2.
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The summer of 2013 has come and gone. We've reached that moment where movies we were so excited for only six months ago can begin to collect dust on our DVD shelves. If you know what's good for you though, don't let that happen. The filmmakers behind some of the summer's biggest hits have gone…
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For illegal downloaders, the biggest film of 2013 wasn't a 2013 film at all, but a big-budget fantasy epic from late 2012. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey topped the list of the most pirated movies of the past twelve months, beating out the likes of Django Unchained, Fast & Furious 6, and Iron Man 3.…
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Dave, Devindra, and Laremy (author of Film Critic) discuss one of Woody Allen's best films, and one of Louis Leterrier's most underwhelming. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download the episode or subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES Featured Reviews (1:31) Now You See Me…
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In many respects, Now You See Me doesn't fit into the usual franchise-starter template. It's not based on a comic book, or a young adult series, or anything else, for that matter. It cost a (relatively) moderate amount to make, and it was never envisioned as a big summer tentpole for the studio. But it…
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Few things are better than well-done magic, but celebrities doing magic is pretty good. Not celebrity magicians, mind you, but actual celebrities learning and performing magic. For the upcoming thriller Now You See Me, stars like Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mark Ruffalo and Mélanie Laurent all had to learn a bit…
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A bit of caffeine may be the secret to clear, glowing skin.
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The month of May may be filled with superheroes, furious action, spaceships and hangovers, but one film aims to fool all the rest. That's the star-studded heist film Now You See Me, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco ,Mark Ruffalo, Mélanie Laurent, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman. Directed by Louis Leterrier, the May 31 release follows a group of magicians who…
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Trailers! Who has time to watch them all? There are something like forty wide releases due out this summer alone. If you assume each trailer runs about two minutes, that's about an hour and half of your life you'll never get back. That's time you could've spent actually watching one of these movies. If you…
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As with movies, the art of magic relies on seamless illusion. Since we know we're not really seeing the things we think we're seeing -- George Clooney, for instance, isn't really a casino-robbing mastermind, and David Copperfield didn't really make an airplane just vanish into thin air -- it's up to the artists to put on…
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This year is turning out to be a big one for magicians. Last month, Steve Carell and Jim Carrey duked it out as battling Vegas showmen in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, and next month our favorite non-Alliance illusionist Gob Bluth returns for the fourth season of Arrested Development. Then, just a few days after that,…
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I'm in a black bus traveling south west of the Las Vegas strip to an undisclosed location. Even if I knew where the destination is, I am sworn to secrecy -- I am unable to disclose the address. We finally arrive at a large building with a very unusual small storefront: Korby's Men & Boys,…
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Lionsgate made two release date changes today. Now You See Me, which comes from director Louis Leterrier and features Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Morgan Freeman, Woody Harrelson, Mark Ruffalo, and Michael Caine, has been pulled up from July 7 to May 31. The thriller centers around a group of illusionists who pull off heists, seemingly at…
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If three is a trend, stage magic seems to be Hollywood's next big obsession. McG recently signed on to direct Magic Castle, based on Hollywood's secretive club for magicians, but he's not even at the front of this wave. Next year sees the releases of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and Now You See Me, both…
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We have quite a mixed bag of new images for you today, covering everything from supernatural teen romance to comic book adaptation. After the jump, get a look at the sci-fi not-quite-remake Dredd, the YA adaptation Beautiful Creatures, Tom Hooper's star-studded Les Misérables, Louis Leterrier's magician heist flick Now You See Me, and Brian De…
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One of the wildcard films of 2012 is Now You See Me, directed by Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk, Clash of the Titans). Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco play The Four Horsemen, a group of illusionists that perform big business heists even as they're on stage doing their magic act. Hot…
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As the American Film Market goes on, we see a lot of synopsis and sales art releases for upcoming films. A lot of times these aren't all that illuminating, because the synopsis info just rehashes what we already know, and the sales art is created before anything is ever shot, so at best it can…
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Louis Leterrier's magician heist movie Now You See Me keeps getting better. The movie features a story about a group of illusionists who rob banks during their performances, and then give at least some of the proceeds out to the audience, even as the FBI is hot on their tail. The cast already includes Mark…
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Those Buggers are finally going to get what's coming to them on the big screen in 2013. Summit Entertainment has set a March 15, 2013 release date for Ender's Game, Gavin Hood's adaptation of the classic Orson Scott Card sci-fi novel about a young boy trained to be a military leader. The book has been…
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Louis Leterrier's heist film Now You See Me is one that I think has been flying under the radar for a lot of people so far, but it is shaping up to be a really promising picture. The basics are that Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman, Isla Fisher and Melanie Laurent make up the…
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Denzel Washington has reportedly been offered the lead role in the English-language remake of The Secret in Their Eyes, which is being helmed by Billy Ray (Shattered Glass). The original Argentinian version, by director Juan José Campanella, was a critical success that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Picture in 2010. In other words,…
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Now You See Me, a thriller that takes place in the world of stage magic, is a film that might be flying under your radar at this point. So let's change that, because it sounds like it could turn out to be something worth watching. Screenwriters Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt have come up with…
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Here's one of several casting breaks to come your way in the next few hours, and this one is pretty damned good. Why? Because after the break you'll find info on the following: Nick Nolte takes a role in hard-boiled crime thriller Parker. Jesse Eisenberg plays dopplegangers in The Double. And Mark Ruffalo and Amanda…
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