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Unit photography by Jay Maidment, SMPSP, courtesy of Lionsgate.

Opposite, from left:
Maverick magicians the
Four Horsemen - Lula
(Lizzy Caplan), Jack
Wilder (Dave Franco),
Merritt McKinney
(Woody Harrelson) and J.
Daniel Atlas (Jesse
Eisenberg) - resurface
for the most astounding
caper of their careers in
the feature Now You See
Me 2. This page, top:
The Horsemen are forced
to work with Arthur
Tressler (Michael Caine)
and Walter Mabry
(Daniel Radcliffe).
Middle: Thaddeus
Bradley (Morgan
Freeman) continues to
haunt the Horsemen.
Bottom: Director Jon M.
Chu (left) and
cinematographer Peter
Deming, ASC on set.

maverick magicians dubbed the "Four
Horsemen."
Now You See Me presented the
origin story of the Horsemen and
revealed the secret mastermind behind
the spectacular and seemingly impossible feats that served to force backroom
greed and corruption into the light of
day. With the sequel, Chu saw his
initial challenge in the fact that the
audience now knows full well who the
Horsemen are and how they operate,
and thus took to the task of revisiting
the renegade illusionists in their new
incarnation - a fully formed and functioning team who use their unique skills
to grapple with an enemy striking at
them from the shadows.
"What intrigued me about this
[franchise] was the idea that magic
could be used to actually tell a story,"
Chu explains. "But more than the last
movie, we wanted to create more of the
lived-in world, have texture-on-texture
a bit more, play with darkness more -
and more atmosphere, to make things
feel worn away, that all is not bright and
glittery like in their [stage shows]. We
[maintained] the spectacle and lights
and energy when we needed it, but for
the most part we stayed with our
Horsemen, on the ground, getting
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