New Poster for Heist Thriller Now You See Me

We're fans of heist thrillers and Now You See Me from Summit Entertainment looks particularly exciting. A new poster — the first, we think, and more concept art than anything else — has just been released for the film (right; click for larger version) even though it doesn't hit theaters until January 2013. The film's tagline: "4 amazing magicians. 3 impossible heists. 1 billion dollars. This is no illusion."

Here's the film's premise: The Four Horsemen, a magic super-group led by the charismatic Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), perform a pair of high-tech magic shows, first astonishing audiences by robbing a bank on another continent, and then exposing a white-collar criminal and funneling his millions into the audience members’ bank accounts.

FBI Special Agent Dylan (Mark Ruffalo) is determined to make the magicians pay for their crimes — and to stop them before they pull off what promises to be an even more audacious heist. But he’s forced to partner with Alma (Melanie Laurent), an Interpol detective about whom he is instantly suspicious. Out of desperation he turns to Thaddeus (Morgan Freeman), a famed magic debunker, who claims the bank heist was accomplished using disguises and video trickery. One thing Dylan and Alma agree on is that the Horsemen must have an outside point person, and that finding him (or her) is key to ending the magicians’ crime spree. Could it be Thaddeus? Or Alma? Or could it really be … magic?

As pressure mounts and the world awaits the Horsemen’s spectacular final trick, Dylan and Alma race to find an answer. But it soon becomes painfully clear that staying one step ahead of these masters of illusion is beyond the skills of any one man — or woman.

In addition to the actors mentioned above, Now You See Me also stars Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson, and Michael Caine.