Few movie franchises have pulled off a disappearing act quite like the Now You See Me cast. The first film’s Four Horsemen — Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco — earned $351.7 million worldwide after their 2013 debut (Dexerto (film and TV outlet)), then Fisher sat out the sequel and the third installment spent years in limbo. Here’s what’s confirmed about who left, who came back, and why the franchise keeps reshuffling its lineup.

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First movie release year: 2013 · Second movie release year: 2016 · Now You See Me 3 status: Reported for Nov 14, 2025 (People (entertainment reporting)) · Rotten Tomatoes score (first film): 50% (PinkNews (LGBTQ+ news and culture)) · Worldwide box office (first film): $351.7M

First film release 2013 (Dexerto (film and TV outlet))
Third film status Reported for Nov 14, 2025
Original Four Horsemen Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher), Jack Wilder (Dave Franco)
New cast members Rosamund Pike, Ariana Greenblatt, Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa (People (entertainment reporting))
Credited cast listing Fisher, Caplan, Eisenberg, Harrelson, Franco, Freeman, Smith, Sessa, Greenblatt, Pike (IMDb (film and TV database))

The third installment, now titled Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, spent years stuck in development before production actually moved, and by April 2025 the first footage was reported with the original Four Horsemen back on screen (PinkNews (LGBTQ+ news and culture)).

  • A first trailer was reported on April 30, 2025, confirming original cast members in the lineup (PinkNews (LGBTQ+ news and culture))
  • People reported a theatrical release date of November 14, 2025 (People (entertainment reporting)).
  • Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, and Dave Franco return as the male Horsemen.
  • Lizzy Caplan joins as Lula May (Dexerto (film and TV outlet)).
  • The third film reportedly reunites the original Horsemen, which makes the sequel the outlier in the franchise’s lineup (Dexerto (film and TV outlet)).
  • Entertainment Tonight’s 2024 reporting confirmed Fisher had not participated in the sequel (Entertainment Tonight (industry reporting)).
  • Fisher returns as Henley Reeves in the third film (RogerEbert.com (film criticism)).
  • The third film is titled Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, with a reported theatrical release date of November 14, 2025 (People (entertainment reporting)).
Bottom line: Now You See Me 3 has a title, a trailer, and a reported November 14, 2025 release date.

The original Four Horsemen — Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco — were set to reprise their roles in the third film.

People (entertainment reporting)

The core cast is Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman, and — from the sequel onward — Lizzy Caplan. The cast listing for Now You See Me: Now You Don’t does not list him (IMDb (film and TV database)).

Three films total when the third installment arrives: Now You See Me (2013), Now You See Me 2 (2016), and Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, reported for a November 14, 2025 release (People (entertainment reporting)).

Watch in release order: Now You See Me (2013), then Now You See Me 2 (2016), then Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (Dexerto (film and TV outlet)).

Fisher missed one movie, and the franchise came back to her character when the third installment was assembled.

It has moved past production and into marketing: a first trailer was reported in April 2025 (PinkNews (LGBTQ+ news and culture)), and People reported a theatrical release date of November 14, 2025 (People (entertainment reporting)).