A new line of Super7 Disney action figures dig into the classic animated movie library to give us some outstanding collectible characters.
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the final 15 contenders for the 2010 Oscar for Best Visual Effects. This is only the first cut, though. Next, members of the Academy's visual effects branch executive committee will select seven of the final 15. At that point, all the members of the visual…
Read MoreThis Week in DVD & Blu-ray is a column that compiles all the latest info regarding new DVD and Blu-ray releases, sales, and exclusive deals from stores including Target, Best Buy and Fry’s. PARKS AND RECREATION (SEASON 2) My write-up of the first season of Parks and Recreation amounted to little more than a prediction…
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I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I was doing my daily deal-hunting and discovered a buy-one-get-one free deal for Sorcerer's Apprentice tickets. At first I thought it was a Fandango promotion, seeing as how Apprentice is one of Disney's tentpole releases this summer. Why on earth would they be giving away free tickets on…
Read MoreWalt Disney Pictures has released a five minute sequence from Jon Turteltaub's The Sorcerer's Apprentice. The sequence happens early in the film when a young version of Jay Baruchel's character happens to run into Balthazar's (Nicolas Cage) office of magical artifacts. Watch the clip now, embedded after the jump. Official Synopsis: THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE WALT…
Read MoreIt's been a while since our last movie poster round-up, and a lot of one-sheets have hit the local multiplex and are now online. After the jump you will see posters for the following films: Academy Award-nominated documentary director Nanette Burstein's fictional feature debut Going the Distance, Get Low starring Robert Duvall and Bill Murray,…
Read MoreWalt Disney Pictures has released a clip of the Fantasia-inspired scene featuring Jay Baruchel and Teresa Palmer from Jon Turteltaub's The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Watch it now embedded after the jump. Official Synopsis: THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE WALT DISNEY PICTURES and JERRY BRUCKHEIMER FILMS Website and Mobile site: Disney.com/Sorcerer Become a fan on Facebook: facebook.com/SorcerersApprentice Follow us…
Read MoreJon Turteltaub's The Sorcerer's Apprentice is inspired by the sequence in the Walt Disney Animated film Fantasia. While the film takes the 8 minute scene of classic animation and expands on the idea greatly, the movie does feature a sequence inspired by the original animated Mickey Mouse segment. Disney has released a new featurette that…
Read MoreAll this week, Walt Disney Pictures has been revealing new character posters for the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced, Jon Turteltaub-directed The Sorcerer's Apprentice. The fifth and final poster, which is premiering EXCLUSIVELY on /Film, profiles Nicolas Cage's character Balthazar Blake. We've also included all of the other posters after the jump as well, complete with character descriptions.…
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As July approaches, it seems that all of the studios in Hollywood are becoming more scared of Christopher Nolan's Inception. To be honest, I don't think anyone knows how much money Nolan's sci-fi action film will make. It's heady like Memento, packs some crazy imagery/special effects, but packs a PG-13 rating (not that the PG-13…
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Walt Disney Pictures has released a new two and a hald minute movie trailer for the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced, Jon Turteltaub-directed The Sorcerer's Apprentice. The new trailer shows a bit more interaction between Jay Baruchel and Teresa Palmer, and showcases a bunch of new special effects shots. I've been hearing a bunch of good things about…
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Walt Disney Pictures has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette titled "Good vs. Evil" for the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced, Jon Turteltaub-directed The Sorcerer's Apprentice. In “Good vs. Evil,” we’re introduced to Dave [Jay Baruchel], Balthazar Blake’s [Nicolas Cage] apprentice, as he begins to master the art of sorcery through his teacher. We also discover the centuries old…
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The worst thing about Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice is the release date. No one in Hollywood wants to go up against Christopher Nolan's Inception, even a film which is aiming at a clearly younger demographic. I've heard from a number of sources that Sorcerer's is actually pretty good and will surprise people who see it.…
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In our continuing mission to bring you the newest movie posters from around the web, today we have a look at the official poster for the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, a teaser poster for The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and the final movie poster for Shrek Forever After. Check them out after the jump. 2010 Cannes Film…
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Earlier this week I took a trip to Jerry Bruckheimer's Santa Monica offices to get a special sneak preview of scenes from Jon Turteltaub's upcoming film The Sorcerer's Apprentice. The movie stars Nicolas Cage as Balthazar Blake, "a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina)."…
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Walt Disney Pictures has released a new international movie trailer for Jon Turteltaub's The Sorcerer's Apprentice. The trailer is basically a variation on the trailer released late last year in the states, but includes a bit more dialogue, action and a better look at Alfred Molina as the film's villain Maxim. Shockingly, I've been hearing…
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Earlier today, Walt Disney Pictures released the first movie trailer for The Sorcerer's Apprentice (watch it here). We just received another e-mail from the mouse house with three new high resolution photos, a logo treatment and a an official plot synopsis for the film. Check out the photos and the plot info, after the jump.…
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When I first heard about Jon Turtletaub's Sorcerer's Apprentice movie, I didn't really know what to expect. My first exposure to the property was in Disney's Fantasia adaptation of the musical poem by Paul Dukas (itself an adaptation of the poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) about a sorcerer who brings a broom to life…
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Fanboyz have scored a scan of the first three official photos from Disney's live-action film The Sorcerer's Apprentice. I'm guessing that the photos appeared in the same AMC catalog that the Alice in Wonderland photos were scanned from over the weekend. Click on over to Fanboyz to see the uncropped images in larger resolution. Loosely adapted from the…
Read More[No photo] SpoilerTV has the first set photos showing Monica Bellucci (Passion of the Christ, The Matrix Reloaded) in costume on the set of Jon Turteltaub's The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Loosely adapted from the classic story from Fantasia, and based in modern-day Manhattan, Nicolas Cage plays Balthazar Blake, a sorcerer who recruits and trains a young…
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Usually an almost complete list of lead actors is announced before a film goes into production. Every so often you'll see an item in the trades announcing that so-and-so will be joining the cast of a film which just started shooting. But it's rare to be getting casting notices two months into production of a…
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Toby Kebbell (Rocknrolla) has joined the cast of Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice as Drake Stone, a celebrity illusionist, not unlike Chriss Angel, who joins forces with an evil sorcerer named Horvath (Alfred Molina), to "gain ultimate powers." Kebbell just got done shooting the video game adaptation Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which was…
Read More[No photo] Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice is currently shooting in New York City and the gossip sites have the first look at the film's cast. JustJared has the first photos of Nicolas Cage (WTF?) filming a scene in a subway station with co-star Jay Baruchel. Loosely adapted from the classic story from Fantasia, and based…
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Walt Disney Pictures has announced a July 16th 2010 release for the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Jon Turteltaub-directed family adventure film The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Marvel recently moved Thor out of the weekend, but now the Mouse House production will go head to head with Christopher Nolan's sci-fi action film Inception. Disney has two other event films scheduled…
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Jay Baruchel (Fanboys, Tropic Thunder) is in talks to play the lead role in Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Inspired by the classic Mickey Mouse animated sequence from Disney's 1940 classic Fantasia, the film tells the story of a powerful sorcerer, played by Nicolas Cage, who seeks out an apprentice in modern day New York City.…
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Nicolas Cage has signed on to star in, get this, a live-action feature film adaptation os Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Yeah, that's gonna be entertaining... Cage has always been one of those actors that has an odd selection of acting jobs. Sometimes he'll do some incredible movies, and other times it seems like even a…
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