Actor Jay Baruschel is looking to take on a role played by Mickey Mouse in Walt Disney’s classic animated feature “Fantasia” according to Variety. Bauschel, who starred in this summer’s “Tropic Thunder” and is best-known for his work with director Judd Apatow, is currently in talks to play “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” in a live-action version of the film from Walt Disney Pictures.
John Turtletaub has signed to direct the film, which will start Nicholas Cage as the the sorcerer. The film would be a reunion for Turtletaub and Cage with producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The three worked together on the two “National Treasure” films.
Scripted by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal and rewritten by Matt Lopez, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” takes place in contemporary New York, where a wizard searches for an apprentice.
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