"The writers confused the word magicians with wizards" — Fans left unimpressed by Now You See Me: Now You Don't first trailer 

After a long gap, the Now You See Me franchise is finally returning with a third movie, titled Now You See Me: Now You Don't, seemingly pushing the boundaries of magic in its first trailer. The push is quite significant, as it has generated enough online reactions where fans are thoroughly unimpressed by the movie's premise.

Featuring some of the same cast members along with a horde of new ones, Now You See Me: Now You Don't seems to be going for an even bigger heist, with the magicians performing tricks that simply seem beyond the level of anything explainable.

This was heavily criticized by fans on social media platforms like Reddit, where many pointed out how the brilliant premise of the movie, which could have been quite great, was reduced to something much less due to the lack of rationalization and realistic approaches.

Reddit user nopalitzin summed this up, saying:

"The writers confused the word "magicians" with "wizards"."

Comment byu/RobotiSC from discussion inmovies

Many users added their analysis of the trailer here, and most of them seemed to be quite negative.

"Oh, these people can literally just do anything they want in this universe... They can teleport, create/destroy matter, bend gravity, generate plot contrivances from thin air, and they can do all of this seemingly at will at any time with nothing capable of getting in their way... so why are these guys magicians and not just gods?" another netizen wrote.

"That is why I hate these movies. They want to be clever and slick but the writers aren’t clever and slick enough to actually write them that way." another user added.

"Such a dumb premise. What if magicians were using their tricks to do heists. Cool. Yeah but what if those tricks were just straight up absolute magic and not at all tricks but we’ll still say they are?? Garbage." a netizen said.

"I feel like they just went with this premise because the writers just didn’t want to have to research and rationalize every illusion," another user added.

Despite this initial reaction to Now You See Me: Now You Don't, some fans did not mind the audacious direction the franchise was taking and were simply satisfied by the probable entertainment value.

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Now You See Me: Now You Don't is set to follow directly after Now You See Me 2 (2016). Directed by Ruben Fleischer, the story is expected to pick up some years after the events of the second movie. Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, and Morgan Freeman will reprise their roles from previous films, though Mark Ruffalo is notably absent.

The movie will also introduce a new cast, featuring Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt, and Rosamund Pike.

Many details about the movie, including its plot synopsis, remain shrouded. We expect to get more information soon.

Now You See Me: Now You Don't is set to premiere on November 14, 2025. Moreover, a sequel to the movie is reportedly already in development.