Louis Leterrier Lines Up Magician Heist Pic!

This is one of the best concept twists I've seen on the heist flick for some time, it's just a shame a better director is not attached.

Leterrier is coming off the back of the dubious duo of 'The Incredible Hulk' and 'Clash of the Titans' but hopefully this concpet and lack of CGI rquired will see him elevate his game.

The Playlist has the scoop.

While he didn’t land the gig directing the James Cameron produced 3D remake of “Fantastic Voyage”—the job has gone to Shawn Levy—Louis Leterrier hasn’t wasted any time in finding another project, and it’s a pretty intriguing high concept heist movie.

Leterrier has confirmed with The Playlist that he will direct “Now You See Me” for Summit Entertainment. Written by Boaz Yakin (”Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time,” “Fresh”) and Edward Ricourt, the film follows a crack FBI squad in a game of cat-and-mouse against a super-team of the world’s greatest illusionists, who pull off a series of daring bank heists during their performances and showers the profits on to their audiences. That certainly doesn’t sound like any heist film we’ve seen before, and as fans of the genre, our interest is piqued.

“It’s amazing. Only great people involved,” Leterrier told us about the project and he’s not joking. He’ll have the powerhouse duo of Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci behind him producing under their Kurtzman/Orci banner. Yakin and Bobby Cohen will executive produce.