"The Sorcerer's Apprentice" is the upcoming Disney feature directed by Jon Turteltaub and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.
The fantasy film stars Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel and Monica Bellucci.
"Apprentice" is a live action 're-imagining' of the 'Sorcerer's Apprentice' segment appearing in Disney's 1940 feature length cartoon "Fantasia", that in turn adapted the 1890's symphonic poem by Paul Dukas and a 1797 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ballad.
Set for release July 16, 2010, premise of the film follows an average college student (Baruchel) reluctantly recruited to work for a 'sorcerer' (Cage), who gives him a crash course in the art and science of magic, preparing him for battle against the 'forces of darkness' in modern day Manhattan.Snesk Peek "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and "Fantasia"...
