Do you believe in magic? ’Now You See Me’ returns for round 3

For its next trick, Now You See Me becomes a three-film franchise.

Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, in theaters Friday, continues the magician-themed heist series following the original 2013 movie and its 2016 sequel. The threequel reunites Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco and Isla Fisher as the Four Horsemen, a troupe of Robin Hood-esque illusionists who use their powers of deception to rob from the rich and powerful for the benefit of the common people.

As Franco tells ABC Audio, he had no idea Now You See Me would become a trilogy back when he was filming the first one.

“The concept of magicians pulling off bank heists, it’s a very fun idea, but in the wrong hands, that could be a disaster,” Franco says. “But I think when that first movie came together the way it did, we w