Now You See Me 2 is a 2016 American heist film directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Ed Solomon, based on a story by Solomon and Peter Chiarelli. It is the sequel to Now You See Me (2013) and the second installment in the Now You See Me film series. The ensemble cast includes Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Daniel Radcliffe, Lizzy Caplan, Jay Chou, Sanaa Lathan, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman. The plot follows the Four Horsemen, now led by FBI agent Dylan Rhodes, as they are coerced by tech magnate Walter Mabry into stealing a powerful data chip.