Blockbuster Now You See Me 3 (director: Ruben Fleischer | grants: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Grandblatt, Rosamund Pike, Morgan Freeman, etc. | importer: Lotte Entertainment | distributor: Lotte Entertainment, By4M Studio Co., Ltd.) released behind-the-scenes stills that vividly captured the filming locations.
The newly released behind-the-scenes stills from Now You See Me 3 draw attention by realistically depicting the global locations that thrilled many audiences. Filmed across the world in places such as New York, France, Abu Dhabi and Belgium, Now You See Me 3 focuses on direction that minimizes CG, so the behind-the-scenes stills also vividly show those locations. From the series' largest trick house set to the Antwerp streets in Belgium, a veritable sanctuary of diamonds, to the Abu Dhabi hotel bordering an F1 race track, the on-location shoots that reproduce the film's scenes boast the movie's upgraded scale.
To achieve such realistic filming, the director and production team all went through painstaking efforts. In particular, the trick house, the largest set in the series' history, had its interior completed using real props. Costume pieces replicating the jacket of world-famous magician Harry Houdini, magicians' props, and dozens of books about magic were actual artifacts. Isla Fisher, who plays Henry, praised the set design, saying, "The set design was truly astonishing," and noted, "All the books on the shelves were real, and the moving walls actually moved. It felt like walking among ancient magical artifacts."
The Abu Dhabi hotel that appears in the film's climax also captivated audiences with its dazzling visuals. Director Ruben Fleischer explained the reason for choosing Abu Dhabi as the finale location: "It's the only hotel in the world that spans an F1 race track. Like other billionaires, Veronica has her own F1 team, and when I first discovered this location I knew I wanted to shoot here." The production team not only created the lavish billionaire hotel that seems half on land and half on water, but also fully utilized the location by completing racing scenes on the surrounding F1 track, adding to the audience's visual enjoyment.
Meanwhile, the film Now You See Me 3 is a blockbuster about the band of magicians, the Horsemen, who catch bad guys and perform the world's greatest life-risking magic show to steal the Heart Diamond, the source of dirty money. It is creating a box office storm in theaters in November.
[Photo] Now You See Me 3 stills
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