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Now You See Me (film Series)
The ''Now You See Me'' film series consists of heist-thriller films, based on original characters created by Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt. The overall plot centers on a team of illusionists named The Four Horsemen, who use their stage productions as a means of completing unfeasible and lucrative heists. The films feature an ensemble cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Michael Caine, Lizzy Caplan, and Morgan Freeman. Though the series as a whole has received mixed critical reception, they have been met with a more welcome response from audiences, and have been a financial success at the box office. The first two films combined have grossed nearly $700 million worldwide. The series will continue with a third film currently in post-production. Films ''Now You See Me'' (2013) On October 25, 2011, Summit Entertainment announced the release date for ''Now You See Me'' for July 18, 2013. On November 3, 2011, the company revealed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boaz Yakin
Boaz Yakin (, born June 20, 1965) is an Israeli-American screenwriter, film director, and producer based in New York City. He has written screenplays to films like ''The Rookie'', ''Fresh'', '' A Price Above Rubies'', ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'', and ''Now You See Me'', and has directed the 2000 sports drama ''Remember the Titans'' and the 2012 Jason Statham action film ''Safe''. As a producer he has collaborated frequently with filmmaker Eli Roth and served as executive producer for the first two entries in the ''Hostel'' franchise. Early life Yakin was born in New York City. Both his parents are Israeli-born, and met in Paris while studying miming with Marcel Marceau.Biography of Boaz Yakin in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman (born June 1, 1937) is an American actor, producer, and narrator. In a career spanning six decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as a nomination for a Tony Award. He was honored with the Kennedy Center Honor in 2008, an AFI Life Achievement Award in 2011, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2012, and Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2018. In a 2022 readers' poll by ''Empire'', he was voted one of the 50 greatest actors of all time. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Freeman was raised in Mississippi, where he began acting in school plays. He studied theater arts in Los Angeles and appeared in stage productions in his early career. He rose to fame in the 1970s for his role in the children's television series '' The Electric Company.'' Freeman then appeared in the Shakespearean plays '' Coriolanus'' and ''Julius Caesar'', the former of which earned him an Obie Award. In 1978, he was nomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Summit Entertainment
Summit Entertainment, LLC (formerly the Summit Group, Summit Export Group, Summit Entertainment Group Inc., Summit Entertainment Limited, Summit Films Limited, and Summit Entertainment N.V.) is an American film production label of Lionsgate Films, owned by Lionsgate Studios Corp, Lionsgate Studios and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. History Independent era (1991–2012) Summit Entertainment was founded in 1991 as the Summit GroupMolloy, Claire (2010), p. 16. Memento'. . Edinburgh University Press. Retrieved November 14, 2010. by film producers Bernd Eichinger , Arnon Milchan , and Andrew G. Vajna to handle film sales in foreign countries. Summit officially launched in 1993 by David Garrett, Patrick Wachsberger, and Bob Hayward under the name Summit Entertainment LP as a distribution and sales organization. By 1995 they were producing and co-financing films, and by 1997 they started fully financing films. Among the company's early successes was ''American Pie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Warren Singer
Eric Warren Singer is an American screenwriter. Career Singer and fellow screenwriter, David O. Russell, were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 2013 film '' American Hustle'', but lost to Spike Jonze for ''Her''. For his work on '' Top Gun: Maverick'' (2022), Singer was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Sony Pictures Entertainment bought ''Marita'', a pitch from Singer, which would star Jennifer Lawrence Jennifer Shrader Lawrence (born August 15, 1990) is an American actress and producer. She is known for starring in both action film franchises and independent dramas, and her films have grossed over $6 billion worldwide. The List of high .... Filmography * '' The International'' (2009) * '' American Hustle'' (2013) * '' Only the Brave'' (2017) * '' Top Gun: Maverick'' (2022) * '' Now You See Me: Now You Don't'' (2025) (as story writer) References External links 20th-century births Living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhett Reese
Rhett Reese is an American screenwriter. His early credits included '' Clifford's Really Big Movie'' and ''Cruel Intentions 3''. He has collaborated with Paul Wernick, writing the films '' Zombieland'', '' G.I. Joe: Retaliation'', and ''Life'', as well as ''Deadpool'', ''Deadpool 2'' and ''Deadpool & Wolverine''. Together they also created the reality series ''The Joe Schmo Show''. Early life Reese grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and one of his high school friends was the brother of Paul Wernick. Years later, as a budding screenwriter, Reese met Wernick again as he worked as a television producer, and one of Wernick's jobs, '' Big Brother 2'', inspired both to do their own take on reality shows, ''The Joe Schmo Show''. Broadcast on Spike TV, the series drew the highest ratings for the channel. ''The Joe Schmo Show'' was also named on numerous Best Of lists, including ''Time'' magazine's "Top 10 TV Shows of 2003" and ''Entertainment Weeklys "50 Best TV Shows Ever on DVD." Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wernick
Paul Wernick is a Canadian screenwriter and producer. He is best known for writing screenplays for the ''Zombieland'' films and the ''Deadpool'' films with his creative partner Rhett Reese. Career Wernick has produced several network reality shows, including CBS's '' Big Brother 2'' and ABC's '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me out of Here!''. Wernick won three Emmy Awards for his work in news, which included producing stints at KVOA, KOLD, KTVK, KSL and KCAL. ''Big Brother 2'' inspired Wernick and Rhett Reese, a screenwriter friend of his brother back from Phoenix, Arizona, where both attended high school to create their own take on reality television, ''The Joe Schmo Show''. Broadcast on Spike TV, the series drew the highest ratings for the channel. ''The Joe Schmo Show'' was also named on numerous Best Of lists, including ''Time'' magazine's "Top 10 TV Shows of 2003" and ''Entertainment Weeklys "50 Best TV Shows Ever on DVD." In 2004, Reese and Wernick created and executive-pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Lesslie
Michael Lesslie (born November 1983) is a British playwright, screenwriter and producer. Life and career He studied English Language and Literature at Exeter College, Oxford, where he received a double first. His debut short film, ''Heavy Metal Drummer'', was nominated for a BAFTA Award. Theatre In 2005 he wrote a stage adaptation of ''The Constant Prince,'' which performed at the Oxford Playhouse and London Arcola. In 2007 he adapted the film ''Swimming With Sharks'' for the stage. It opened at the Vaudeville Theatre, making Michael then the youngest person ever to have opened a new play straight into the West End. His play ''Prince of Denmark'', a ''Hamlet'' prequel, was premiered in 2011 by the National Youth Theatre at the Royal National Theatre in London. It was subsequently performed at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End. Film In 2015 Lesslie adapted ''Macbeth'', rewriting a script by Todd Louiso and Jacob Koskoff. The film was directed by Justin Kurzel and starre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Grahame-Smith
Seth Grahame-Smith (born Seth Jared Greenberg; January 4, 1976) is an American writer and film producer, best known as the author of ''The New York Times'' best-selling novels '' Pride and Prejudice and Zombies'' and '' Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter'', both of which have been adapted as feature films. Grahame-Smith is also the co-creator, head writer and executive producer of '' The Hard Times of RJ Berger'', a scripted television comedy appearing on MTV. In collaboration with David Katzenberg, his partner in Katzsmith Productions, Grahame-Smith is currently developing a number of projects for television and film. Early life Grahame-Smith was born in Rockville Centre, New York, the son of Deborah Ann (née Williams) and Barry Michael Greenberg. He eventually grew up in Weston and Bethel, Connecticut, where he attended Bethel High School. His parents divorced when he was a child. Subsequently, his mother changed his surname to "Grahame", after author Kenneth Grahame, and late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruben Fleischer
Ruben Samuel Fleischer (; born October 31, 1974) is an American film director, film producer, television producer, music video director, and commercial director. He is best known as the director of ''Zombieland'' (2009), his first feature film, and its sequel ''Zombieland: Double Tap'' (2019). He has also directed the films ''30 Minutes or Less'', ''Gangster Squad (film), Gangster Squad'', ''Uncharted (film), Uncharted'', and 2018's ''Venom (2018 film), Venom'' featuring the Marvel Comics character of the Venom (Marvel Comics character), same name. Prior to features, he directed television commercials for such brands as Cisco, Eurostar, ESPN, and Burger King, and music videos for artists such as M.I.A. (artist), M.I.A., Electric Six, DJ Format and Gold Chains. Early life Fleischer was born and raised in Washington, D.C, the son of Karen Lee (née Samuel) and David Elliot Fleischer, who is a physician at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona and a professor of medicine. His brother, Lucas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon M
Jon is a shortened form of the common given name Jonathan (name), Jonathan, derived from "Tetragrammaton, YHWH has given". The name is spelled Jón in Iceland and on the Faroe Islands. In the Nordic countries, it is derived from Johannes. Notable people *Jon Aaraas (born 1986), Norwegian ski jumper *Jon Abbate (born 1985), American gridiron football player *Jon Abbott, American media executive *Jon Aberasturi (born 1989), Basque bicycle racer *Jon Ramon Aboitiz (1948–2018), Filipino businessman *Jon Abrahams (born 1977), American actor *Jon Abrahamsen (born 1951), Norwegian footballer *Jon Ackerson, American lawyer and politician *Jon Adams (musician), Jon Adams, American folk musician *Jon Adkins (born 1977), American baseball player *Jon Agee (born 1960), American writer and illustrator *Jon Agirre (born 1997), Spanish cyclist *Jon E. Ahlquist (1944–2020), American molecular biologist and ornithologist *Jon Akass (1933–1990), British journalist *Jon Åker (1927–2013), No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Kurtzman
Alexander Hilary Kurtzman (born September 7, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for co-writing the scripts to ''Transformers'' (2007), '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)'', ''Star Trek'' (2009), ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' (2013), and '' The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' (2014) with his writing and producing partner Roberto Orci, and directing and co-writing '' The Mummy'' (2017). He made his directorial debut with '' People Like Us'' (2012), co-written alongside Orci and Jody Lambert. Kurtzman is known, alongside Orci, for frequently collaborating with Michael Bay and J.J. Abrams, as well as co-creating the TV series '' Star Trek: Discovery'', '' Star Trek: Picard'', and '' Star Trek: Strange New Worlds''. Early life and education Kurtzman was born into a Jewish family and raised in Los Angeles, California. His longtime screenwriting partner Roberto Orci was his best friend in high school. Kurtzman attended Wesleyan University. Career Kurtzman first teamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Orci
Roberto Gaston Orcí (July 20, 1973 – February 25, 2025) was a Mexican-American film and television screenwriter and producer. Born in Mexico City, Orci began his longtime collaboration with Alex Kurtzman while at school in California. Together they were employed on television series such as '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and '' Xena: Warrior Princess''. In 2008, together with J. J. Abrams, they created '' Fringe''. In 2013, they created '' Sleepy Hollow'' alongside Phillip Iscove. Orci and Kurtzman's first film project was Michael Bay's '' The Island'', and due to that partnership they went on to write the scripts for the first two films of the ''Transformers'' film series. Orci first became a film producer with 2008's '' Eagle Eye'' and again with 2009's '' The Proposal''. Orci and Kurtzman subsequently returned to working with Abrams on '' Mission: Impossible III'' and both ''Star Trek'' and '' Star Trek Into Darkness''. Between 2005 and 2011, Kurtzman and Orci's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
