SCOOP: Louis Leterrier's Heist Thriller NOW YOU SEE ME Begins Filming Tomorrow

The cameras begin rolling tomorrow in New Orleans for the upcoming magic-laced thriller from The Incredible Hulk director Leterrier and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman and Woody Harrelson.

We've received word that the first block of filming for the movie, which also stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco and Melanie Laurent, begins tomorrow at Second Line Stages in New Orleans. Several of the principal cast members will be in attendance, though they may only participate in camera tests. Second Line is one of the premiere sound stages within the recently popular Louisiana production community, hosting big budget projects such the multi-million dollar Green Lantern for Warner Bros.

Now You See Me is being directed by Louis Leterrier (The Transporter, The Incredible Hulk, Clash of the Titans) off a screenplay by Boaz Yakin and Edward Ricourt. It is scheduled for theatrical release January 18th, 2013.

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.