The world of Now You See Me might be branching off into tv, with the magic motion film franchise being eyed for an even bigger universe.
What do we all know in regards to the Now You See Me TV present?
In a brand new interview with The Direct, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t producer Bobby Cohen confirmed that there had been talks about bringing the franchise to the world of tv. Particularly, Cohen famous that this has been one thing they’ve been speaking about for a while, and that the objective is to make one thing “fully totally different” from the film.
“Now we have noodled with a tv present. We had an concept as soon as to sort of combine it up, as a result of what you wouldn’t need to do is simply take the film and unfold it out over eight hours and name it a tv present,” stated Cohen. “You’d need to give you one thing that was fully totally different.”
Whereas Cohen didn’t dive an excessive amount of into precisely what the present could be about, he did tease a bit. Cohen famous that he’s spoken with many magicians who talked about that they’ve began careers out as apprentices. The producer then stated a possible present might revolve round magician apprentices making an attempt to unravel the mysterious homicide of their mentor, a well-known magician.
“And we’ve met so many magicians, and quite a lot of them begin as apprentice magicians, and quite a lot of them work backstage for the large magicians in Vegas,” Cohen stated. “So, one concept that we kicked round is, think about if the large magician they work for is murdered, and the 4 assistants that work for him are the prime suspects.”
“And so, they’ve to make use of magic to show their innocence and discover the true killer. So, that was type of one concept that we thought to, have it really feel prefer it’s a part of the ‘Now You See Me’ universe, however not merely be the identical factor.”
Regardless of the hope for a possible present, the main target now stays on the film aspect of issues. Now You See Me: Now You Don’t is about to launch in theaters on November 14, 2025.
(Supply: The Direct)
