The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Monica Bellucci is to star alongside Nicolas Cage in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."

The 44-year-old Italian actress will play Veronica, a sorceress who is the long-lost love of Cage's character Balthazar Blake.

The Disney film revolves around Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage), a sorcerer who recruits and trains a young protege (Jay Baruchel) to help fight the forces of darkness. Celebrity illusionist Drake Stone (Toby Kebbell) joins forces with an evil sorcerer named Horvath (Alfred Molina), to “gain ultimate powers.” The film, which has been shooting in New York for the last two months, also features Teresa Palmer ("Bedtime Stories") as Baruchel’s love interest.

Variety says the movie is shooting in New York City with Jon Turteltaub at the helm and is set for release on July 16, 2010.

Bellucci played Persephone in "The Matrix Reloaded" and "The Matrix Revolutions," Mary Magdalene in "The Passion of the Christ" and a vampire seductress in "Bram Stoker's Dracula."
(The Geek Files)

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