The Sorcerer's Apprentice

The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a 2010 fantasy adventure film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Jon Turteltaub, and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, the team behind the National Treasure franchise. The story is loosely based on the Sorcerer's Apprentice segment in Disney's Fantasia, which in turn is based on the late 1890s symphonic poem by Paul Dukas and the 1797 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ballad.

Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan fighting against the forces of evil, in particular his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina), while searching for the person who will inherit Merlin's powers. This turns out to be Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a physics student at New York University, whom Balthazar takes as a reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling apprentice a crash course in the art and science of magic and sorcery, in order to stop Horvath and Morgana le Fay (Alice Krige) from destroying the world.

The film was originally set to be released on July 16, 2010, but was instead released two days earlier on July 14, 2010.


Cast

• Nicolas Cage as Balthazar Blake: A thousand year old sorcerer based on the magician Yen Sid portrayed in Fantasia.
• Jay Baruchel as David "Dave" Stutler: An average college student who becomes Blake's apprentice. He is based on the character played by Mickey Mouse in Fantasia. 
• Jake Cherry as Young David "Dave" Stutler
• Alfred Molina as Maxim Horvath: An evil sorcerer and Balthazar's rival. He appears as a secondary antagonist.
• Teresa Palmer as Rebecca "Becky" Barnes: The love interest of Dave.

source: wikipedia