One of the most entertaining sections of the film FANTASIA is the Mickey Mouse version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." In the animated sequence, Mickey and the audience learn the consequences of being overconfident and how the whimsical use of power can quickly lead to disaster.
Jerry Bruckheimer's production company, who has had some success in creating entertaining movies based on Disney concepts, is working on a film version of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." Instead of medieval castles, capes, and conical hats, we have art deco, modern sports cars, and dragons. If the preview is any clue, the film -- directed by Jon Turtletaub (of the entertaining neo-pulp NATIONAL TREASURE franchise) -- looks a lot like what I imagined the world of Harry Dresden to be. In fact, Nicolas Cage's Balthazar Blake look almost exactly like my mental vision of Dresden.
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At about 1:30 or so, if you watch this is HD+ (whatever that is), there are several amusing mistakes in the processes -- like leaving the mirror that frames one effect in place and printing all the backgrounds backwards so that all the signs are mirrored.....
As a HUGE Dresden Files fan .....in my opinion the Balthazar character looks exactaly like Harry. I mean c'mon...long leather trench coat and the exact same hat as on the Dresden File covers...Disney ripped off serious amounts of imagery here. All he needs now is a beat up VW Bug.
Actually in one trailer a 'bug' is fliped by an animated bull form the stock exchange and 'harry' says thats my car
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