Christopher Nolan’s newest directorial effort, Interstellar, which he co-wrote with Jonathan Nolan, now has its first official teaser trailer.

The trailer itself doesn’t feature much in the way of actual footage from the film, relying instead on archival and historical footage showcasing mankind’s exploration accomplishments. However, it does firmly set the tone and direction the film will take, as it asks reminds the audience that “our greatest accomplishments cannot be behind us, “˜cause our destiny lies above us.”

Check out the trailer and get more info on the film below.

Casting on The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan‘s next project, titled Interstellar, is wrapping up.

The cast is already impressive, featuring the talents of Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, and of course, Sir Michael Caine. And now comes word of a handful of new actors who have signed on to appear as well.

It’s being reported that Ellen Burstyn, the Academy Award winner for Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore and five-time Oscar nominee for The Last Picture Show, The Exorcist, Same Time, Next Year, Resurrection, and Requiem for a Dream, as well as John Lithgow, the two-time Oscar nominee for The World According to Garp and Terms of Endearment and multiple Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner/nominee for his roles on Dexter and 3rd Rock from the Sun, are both joining Interstellar.

Now You See Me
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman
Summit Entertainment
Rated PG-13 | 106 Minutes
Release Date: May 31, 2013

Directed by Louis Leterrier, Now You See Me begins with the introductions of four illusionists vying to become the next master magician.

J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg) is a fast-talking street performer. Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher) is Atlas’ former assistant who has gone on to be a death-defying escape artist.

Merritt Osbourne (Woody Harrelson) is a mentalist and hypnotist who uses his gift as a con artist, and Jack Wilder (Dave Franco) relies on his sleight of hand and lock-picking skills for pickpocketing and petty theft.

The four are summoned to a secret location via mysterious invitations, and a year later they resurface as a Las Vegas mega-act known as the Four Horsemen, where their big finale involves an teleportation device that leads to an international heist, stealing millions in euros from a French bank.

Cue FBI detective Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo) and Interpol agent Alma Vargas (Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds) who are assigned the task of solving the mysterious robbery and preventing two more heists the Horsemen plan to pull off during shows in New Orleans and Brooklyn.

Christopher Nolan has been assembling quite the cast in recent weeks for his 2014 sci-fi film Interstellar: Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway have already been confirmed for the movie, whose plot is vaguely described as “a heroic interstellar voyage to the farthest borders of our scientific understanding,” but now we can add two names of equal or greater importance (depending on perspective) to that growing roll call of acting talent – Jessica Chastain and Michael Caine.

Chastain, a recent Oscar nominee for playing a terrorist-hunting CIA operative in the controversial true-life drama Zero Dark Thirty, has seen her career rise to stratospheric heights since 2011 when she delivered standout performances in the acclaimed films Tree of Life, Take Shelter, and The Help – the latter performance earning her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

The one rule that magicians generally abide by is never to do the same trick twice. This requires some major creativity. So rather than saw a person in half or pull a rabbit out of a hat, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, and Dave Franco have something better in mind to keep their audiences entertained. In Now You See Me, they will rob a bank from one of the world’s most wealthiest men and give it right back to the audiences who have been financially wronged. Think of it as Robin Hood with a hat full of tricks. Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Mark Ruffalo also star.

The first trailer only teased the core plot, which was that they announced that part of the act was to steal from the rich. But this newest trailer gets into the backstory of the characters and some of the planning that went into this magical heist. Oh, let’s not forget there are also a few more magic acts.

Check out the newest trailer below.