• Double YES to more Herzog/Cage. I don't know if there will ever be another Herzog/Kinsky, but Herzog/Cage could be damn good.

• Totally agree. Mr Cage ruins otherwise interesting movies... Also, this is a dumb idea. Hope I don't have to eat crow...

• Ha, I actually thought, this looks like how I picture Dresden, except Dresden is hotter.

• If nothing else this should make for a great "Cage look" drinking game movie.

• Except that Walken is actually, you know, a good actor instead of an actor that literally asks the director if it is cool that he's going to punch out a lady while wearing a bear suit.

• Gotta agree with Rob. Normally I despise Nicolas Cage movies (I think the last one I liked of his was The Rock), but something about this trailer is pulling me in. Definite popcorn flick, could be fun.

• This isn't a movie. It's a documentary. Nicolas Cage has got to be an actual freaking sorcerer. That's the only way this many people would be looking at that movie trailer and saying, "Oh, cool," instead of "Oh my fucking god what is wrong with Nicolas Cage's godamn hair and how does he keep getting roles in movies like this?" like they should be.

• I'm blinded by the lameness.

• AND FUCKING JAY BARUCHEL FROM UNDECLARED AS THE APPRENTICE!! Now I want to see this movie.

• Why do people keep casting Nicholas Cage in movies?

• Why is he throwing Kamehamehas around?

• Looks good but yeah i was thinking "Dresden books ripoff" while i was watching it.

• I agree. This is a big Hollywood meh. It's just another Bruckheimer production pimping up at Disney again, and look and the director resume, there is no hope of a good movie in here. And no Monica Bellucci in the trailer? Lame! And Cage should do more movies with Herzog. He is turning into the Klaus Kinski of our generation. He is insane!

• I played quite a bit of <i>Changeling: The Dreaming</i> as well, and often consider doing so again.

• Awesome. Thanks dude!

• looks interesting. and nick cage does not look bad as the wizard since doubt full Disney would ever try and do a live action version of fantasia so this is proably the closest thing to that.

• it is called "A pain that i´m used to" it´s form the album "playing the angel" by Depeche mode

• The trailer looks okay I just don't like them saying it's based on Sorcerer's Apprentice (the short that is). I mean at least there's one scene of water and brooms, but still. I mean the Wizard's name isn't even Yensid... how easy would that have been. Or name the kid mickey. Then I'd think "hey, this crappy movie is actually based on that Fantasia piece"

• Baltazar, the music is from Depeche mode, i think it is called "a pain that i´m used to"

• Wow. I'm torn. It looks pretty interesting, but I would have preferred someone just a little older as the sorcerer, or at least someone who wasn't Nic Cage. And I don't envy the poor actor who is about to take on a role last played by Mickey Mouse. That's just unfair.

• Eh I'm somewhat hopeful. Cage, while not a good actor, can do things on screen that make me smile. It's sorta like Walken, you pay to see him pull off his usual, natural mannerisms.

• The only hang-up I have here is the kid is already annoying me. That said though I'm quite liking the overall look.

• It's that Doctor Strange movie I've been hoping for... But with a kid sidekick and Nic Cage. Oh well.

• Why can't there be a Dresden Files movie that looks this awesome instead of a Nic Cage movie

• I think my favorite part was the very end when the kid shouts "ARE YOU INSANE?" and Nic Cage responds with his fingers. I thought that was genuinely funny. I think we see a lot of the wise old wizard archetype, I'm looking forward to seeing the kind of sorcerer who's seen so many strange things and sees the world in such a strange way that he is a little insane.

• If you're going to go that route, atleast have Angelina Jolie as the teacher.. oh wait, they did that already. "So, bending fireballs. Can you do that?" If I wasn't such a big fan of Cage, I might agree with you.

• Serves me right for not reading the comments. :/

• If you're talking about the brooms, I think the first comment mentioned them. :)

• But he isn't going to be a wizard. He's going to be a sorcerer. You're right, though. I would never believe him as a wizard, but I don't think a sorcerer is too much of a stretch. Granted, the 'sorcerer' from Fantasia had more of a wizard-y feel about him.

• Just be glad you've never had to memorize it. I still can only recite 4 out of the damned 14 stanzas...

• While I kinda have a hard time taking Nicholas Cage seriously as a wizard (just my opinion, nobody bite my head off), this movie looks pretty fun. The graphics are pretty cool. Looks like it could be a good popcorn movie.

• eh! Generic anglo tween misfit is actually a powerful hero who will save the world from the ultimate evil... And he will be trained by Nic Cage. I'm sorry, but this is FAIL.

• If by 'cardboard' you mean ''like cardboard flapping hysterically and without control in a hurricane...' I fully agree.

• Seconded. or thirded or whatever. The dialogue is cringeworthy. I have very little faith in Nic Cage's acting as well (despite Bad Lieutenant-Herzog is gods and that is all there is to it), but it doesn't look as though they've given anyone anything to work with. Effects trump writing when it comes to most film budgets. sigh.

• Sorry. 2:31 was the full length of the video. I meant 2:14

• By the way, did you guys not see it? Freeze it at 2:31

• I thought the music (and the sfx) were the best part. Is that theme from the film, or is it a track anyone recognizes?

• "even my nerdy affections can't overcome the certainty that you can't make a whole movie about renegade brooms." Dude! Do not say that out loud! You know that Either Micheal Bay or Ewe Boll will take it as a challenge.

• yep, turns out its Doc. Ock. Also, the story was originally a 1797 poem by Goethe. Thanks Wikipedia!

• Needs more BEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSS.

• Yeah! Disney has so much money and clout, why would they settle for Nicolas Cage? Ew.

• Well I'm cautiously optimistic. Was that Alfred Molina or Ian McShane as the bad guy wizard? To imdb! One question - does the story originally come from Fantasia? I thought it was an old pre-existing fairy tale. I just remember reading a storybook version of it that was decidedly mouse free.

• I agree. The effects look great, but have zero faith in Cage being able to act. I predict a lot of blank faced staring at monsters/magic that aren't really there.

• Are you all kidding me? 'Starring Nic Cage' are words that actually give me rage black-outs. Have we forgotten the Wicker Man remake so quickly? For shame, Topless Roboteers. For shame.

• All the effects look great, but the actors/characters...I dunno. I imagine that most of the movie will be the apprentice being all slack-jawed and unbelieving of the magical things going on, and embracing at the very end. They can make it even dumber by having him share the Magician's power with his love interest, a la Bulletproof Monk.

• The theme music was a tad annoying, but I did think it looked fun.

• Seems like it has nothing at all to do with the original. Good! It looks like "Harry Potter" if HP mages didn't try to pretend it was still 1896... and sans-wands. Looks interesting.

• It looks promising. I know I'm a sucker for this type of movie, but Mr. Cage has a tendency to alienate me with his cardboard acting. He still seems pretty wooden in this trailer, however, that could just be my perception entirely.

• I saw this being shot in Washington Square, and it looked pretty cool to me. There was a street book vendor setup in the park and the design was pretty damn comprehensive.

• Yeah, I was pretty much ready to hate it, but... looks kinda cool. Loved the giant metal gargoyle at the very beginning. Fantastic way to grab hold of someone's attention at the start of a trailer. :)

• I remember when they first announced Pirates of the Caribbean, and I scoffed at how silly an idea it was...and then was forced to eat large amounts of crow. It's looking like I might have to eat some servo now too, because this looks like a lot of fun!

• It looks intriguing. Now that it is obvious that the movie is set in present times, Cage's costume looks a lot better.

• What are your feelings on Changeling?

• As someone who played <i>Mage</i> and not <i>Vampire</i> or <i>Hairw</i>-- 'scuse me, <i>Werewolf</i>, I officially declare this movie to Look Like It might Not Be Bad.

• Far be it for me to support The Man (Disney, Bruckheimer, Cage) but this does, in fact, look intriguining. That might be mostly due to the fact that I've been a fan of Jay Baruchel since his days on "Undeclared" before it was canceled like every other Apatow TV show. So... neat? Yes, neat.

• Wow! This actually looks pretty good. :D

• Um...I dunno, this looks cool. And they even worked the brooms in at the end there! Now all we need to overcome is the severe mediocrity of Jon Turtletaub and the "Wicker Man"-ness of Nic Cage, who does at least appear to be toning it down some in this trailer. I'm all sorts of interested now.

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