Jesse Eisenberg to Star in Magic Movie ‘Now You See Me’

Thursday, June 9th, 2011 at 12:57 pm , filed under News by George

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Jesse Eisenberg is in talks to join and star in the upcoming magic heist movie ‘Now You See Me’ directed by Louis Leterrier.

The Summit Entertainment is in talks with Jesse Eisenberg of ‘Social Network’ to join the cast and star in the upcoming movie based on the magic heist ‘Now You See Me’. Jake Gyllenhaal has been confirmed to play in another lead role. Melanie Laurent has also been confirmed to play the female lead role in the movie.

The story of the movie revolves round a FBI squad in a cat and mouse game opposite a super-team greatest Illusionists in the world, pulling a series of bank thefts at the time of their performances, which produce the profits on their audience.

As per the reports, Jesse Eisenberg will be leading the team of magicians along with Jake Gyllenhaal. Jesse will next be seen in ‘Predisposed’ and the untitled film of Woody Allen. He is also expected to join ‘While we’re Young’.

He also has multiple projects in his hands, as he will star along with Aziz Ansari and Danny McBride in ’30 Minutes or Less’, a heist comedy flick directed by Ruben Fleischer. He also won an Oscar nomination for his performance in ‘Social Network’.

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will produce ‘Now You See Me’, while Edward Ricourt and Boaz Yakin of ‘Prince of Persia’ provide the script for the movie.

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