Nicolas Cage and Disney making "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Sunday, February 11, 2007
Source: Variety

According to Variety, Nicolas Cage and Todd Garner have signed on to produce the upcoming live-action film, The Sorcerer's Apprentice.  The film is a potential starring vehicle for Cage.

The script, written by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal (Eragon), follows an old sorcerer who leaves his workshop in the hands of an apprentice not yet fully trained in magic. The apprentice gets a broomstick to do his chores for him, but things get out of control when the broom takes over. 

The story formed the basis for the animated classic Fantasia.


KJ's Take:  I'm interested, but a little scared.  Cage has been pretty hit or miss lately ... actually ... mostly miss.  The concept is there, and it could be a fun story to see transitioned into a live action film, but at the same time it lends itself to disaster if not done right.  The fact that Rosenthal is writing the script makes me nervous.

While I really want to look forward to this, I am getting an awful feeling about it.  I just don't like the names attached to it at this point.