Walt Disney Pictures has been busy today, releasing a poster and image from Tron: Legacy, and also unveiling this brand new trailer for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Not too much was known about the project aside from the fact that it was directed by Jon Turteltaub and starred Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel as a Sorcerer and his confused and reluctant apprentice.

Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, you can see the effects shining in this trailer. Actually, if you had to compare this with Bruckheimer’s other recent blockbuster trailer for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, it would be hard not to say that The Sorcerer’s Apprentice looks like it has a lot more promise and some really fun special effects. Cage does a lot of questionable movies these days, but every once in a while, he’s in one that ends up being a pretty good time. Some would say National Treasure was one, we know Kick-Ass will be one, and this now has a chance to become one.

Click on over to the other side to read a synopsis and to watch the entertaining trailer for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice! Head over to Apple for the HD version.

Director Jon Turteltaub has been around for a long time now, but his name is not instantly recognized to all. His first well-known films were a couple little gem known as 3 Ninjas and Cool Runnings. After that he moved on to direct While You Were Sleeping, Phenomenon, Instinct, and both National Treasure movies.

The movie also stars Alfred Molina, Monica Bellucci, Teresa Palmer (Wolf Creek, Bedtime Stories), and Toby Kebbell (Rocknrolla, Prince of Persia), and it will be released on July 16, 2010.

Official Synopsis

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