Now You See Me: Now You Don't Director Says The Threequel Is One Big Magic Trick, And Its Twist Had Audiences Gasping

In an exclusive interview, Ruben Fleischer teases the franchise’s boldest illusion yet, promising a Now You See Me 3 finale that flips the con—and your loyalties—on its head.

There is a new Now You See Me movie coming, and director Ruben Fleischer swears the film's biggest trick is not a card flourish or a flashy escape — it is the ending. Mild spoilers below (tone: description, not details).

The hook: the entire movie is a trick

Fleischer says the third-act reveal was not in the earliest draft, but building the whole movie like one big illusion was his mission from the jump. He also got the rare pleasure of road‑testing it with a real audience and hearing the room react.

"It definitely was not in the original script, but it was always an idea that was really important to me, that the movie as a whole works as a magic trick, not just featuring tricks throughout... I had the opportunity to watch the movie with an audience... and I heard that same audible gasp... knowing that the trick I had played on the audience worked."

He joked that he does not do magic, but he is pretty proud of this one — and watching the crowd pop gave him a tiny taste of what magicians get every night.

Where the franchise is at

Now You See Me: Now You Don't is the third film in the magician-heist series, arriving after a 10-year hiatus. Fleischer is at the helm, working from a screenplay by Michael Lesslie, the Deadpool duo Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, and Seth Grahame-Smith.

The setup

The Four Horsemen are pulled back together by a string of mysterious tarot cards. That cryptic summons spirals into a globe-trotting job, a high-stakes partnership with a trio of younger grifters, and a plan to swipe a priceless diamond from a billionaire who is, let us say, not on the side of the angels.

• The Four Horsemen: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, and Isla Fisher
• The new crew: Dominic Sessa, Justice Smith, and Ariana Greenblatt
• The billionaire antagonist: Rosamund Pike

About that twist

Fleischer is not overselling it. The movie plants fair-play clues, but they are the kind you only clock in hindsight — the film literally rewinds to show you what you missed. If you think you know the game being played, the third act has a different answer.

Release date

Now You See Me: Now You Don't hits theaters on November 14, 2025.