Jay & Seth vs The Apocalypse

Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse, was an Internet short scripted by Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg (“Superbad”) and co-starring Jay Baruchel. The idea was to put the so-called trailer online and build interest for a feature film (the trailer is below)

It looks as if the idea worked as Mandate Pictures secured the rights and started making plans to bring “Jay and Seth” to the big screen in January last year.

MTV News spoke with Baruchel on the set of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and asked him for an update

“They’re working on the ['Jay and Seth'] script right now,” said Baruchel. “All the concepts are there, all the beats are there, the treatment is there and a movie with us in it—we’ll improvise half the thing anyway, so it doesn’t matter.”

“‘Jay and Seth’ will at the very least happen in the next year and a half for sure,” he added. “Seth and Evan are working on The Green Hornet right now, and that’s just a big, massive undertaking that’s taking up all their time and effort."

“The minute [‘Hornet’] is finished, we go into production on one of two things,” Baruchel said. “We’ll either do ‘Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse’ or we’ll do this hockey movie that Evan and I wrote called ‘The Goon.’”

Jay & Seth sounds and looks like it could be quite a cool comedy. It's about two friends stuck together in an apartment after the end of the world.

When the Green Hornet is complete what film do you want them to work on next - The Goon of Jay & Seth?

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Footage of Cage filming The Sorcerer's Apprentice

I recently posted some footage of Afred Molina and Monica Belluci filming in New York. Now the excellent chaps over at Hey U Guys sent me this footage of Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel filming the live action version of Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice coming in 2010. It was just off of Times Square on 7th Avenue.

There also seems to be a thing developing for the Sorcerer's in the film (Cage and Molina) to be sat in cars with their apprentice (Baruchel and Toby Kebbell) as these photos show.

Not sure why but I'm getting a good feeling about this film. It could be the one that breaks Cage's current run of not very good films.

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Photo of Nicholas Cage and Jay Baruchel in Sorcerer's Apprentice

This is our first look at the feature spin-off from the Disney film Fantasia. Cage plays the Sorcerer, Baruchel the apprentice. It is to be directed by Jon Tuteltaub. What do you make of the photo?

Source: First Showing

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Nicholas Cage to be Sorcerer to Jay Baruchel's Sorcerer's Apprentice. Could it be Magic? Computer says no!

Earlier on I mentioned that maybe Nicholas Cage's latest film, Knowing, could turn around his recent spell of dreadful movies. If it does then that's all good. Unfortunately, whatever good it brings to Cage will instantly be destroyed by starring in Disney's The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Inspired by the classic Mickey Mouse animated sequence from Disney’s 1940 classic Fantasia, the film tells the story of a powerful sorcerer, played by Nicolas Cage, who seeks out an apprentice in modern day New York City. Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure) is to direct the Jerry Bruckheimer production.

Can you see where this is going? Just imagine Cage as the Sorcerer. He'll be doing all his Elvis style hand and arm waving as he casts a spell, he'll be as giddy as a school girl picking out just the right wig to wear as the powerful magic user (will it be long or short for this one - I think long) and he will unleash all the ticks and grimaces he can muster Mister. It's also not clear if Cage is going to be playing a modern day sorcerer or an old school medieval one who travels through time to modern day New York. If he is medieval then you can imagine the hilarious consequences his all powerful Sorcery will cause.

Jay Baruchel (Fanboys, Tropic Thunder) is in talks to play the lead role in Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.He was cool in Tropic Thunder and looked as if he was going to break out into the big leagues. However, being involved in this one may not be the best decision.

Mind you it may actually not be that bad. As long as they get a good script it just might work. Let's see what I can dig up...who is writing it...oh!

The film was scripted by Superman IV: The Quest for Peace screenwriters Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal, with a rewrite by Bedtime Stories scribe Matt Lopez.

It does not bode well.

Variety have more on the story. How will Cage chew up the scenes in this one? Could it be good?

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