Magic and adventure in The Sorcerer's Apprentice

MANILA, Philippines - “I love the world of magic, and to be able to bring that to a contemporary audience through The Sorcerer’s Apprentice was really appealing to me,” says Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of such blockbuster franchises as Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure.

“I’ve always liked stories that have a magical element, and this film is one of the great magical stories of all time,” he adds. “We thought it would be tremendously exciting to develop the core of that concept into a brand-new story set in the modern world.”

From Walt Disney Studios, Jerry and director Jon Turteltaub comes The Sorcerer’s Apprentice — an innovative and epic adventure about a sorcerer and his hapless apprentice who are swept into the center of an ancient conflict between good and evil.

In the film, Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can’t do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, the unlikely partners pit their powers against those of the fiercest — and most ruthless — practitioners of all time. It will take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes “the sorcerer’s apprentice.”

Opening soon in theaters, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International.