Summer movie preview: New tricks in 'Now You See Me 2'

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"To do a magic trick, which is very impressive in person, is comparatively boring on camera," Jesse Eisenberg acknowledged in a red-carpet interview at the recent CinemaCon in Las Vegas. The trick, in "Now You See Me 2," is that "this movie so cleverly uses magic as a backdrop to a thrilling movie experience."

Eisenberg, Dave Franco and Woody Harrelson return as members of The Four Horsemen, illusionists who have been lying low since the heist they pulled off in the first movie. Now they, along with a new recruit, Lula (Lizzy Caplan), are pressed back into doing another robbery by a devious tech billionaire (played by Daniel Radcliffe). Mark Ruffalo, Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine also return, but there's another important new addition: director Jon M. Chu ("G.I. Joe: Retaliation," "Jem & the Holograms").

Chu said he learned a lot from the real magicians, including David Copperfield, who consulted on the film. "Magicians are the ultimate storytellers," Chu said. "They're guiding where we want to watch, and they know when the reveal comes."

"Now You See Me 2" appears in theaters June 10. See the full list of movies set for this summer at http://www.sltrib.com/entertainment/3817653-155/summer-movie-preview-blasts-from-the .