All right, ya’ll: do yourselves a favor and click this link to watch post-Armageddon awesomeness. I’ll wait.

Okay, you back? Cool. If you hadn’t watched it before, that was "Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse," 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.

It worked. In January of last year, after competition among several production companies, Mandate Pictures secured the rights and started making plans to bring "Jay and Seth" to the big screen. Read more...

In Hollywood, there are rumors, and then there are the nutso, WTF, no freaking way gossip stories. Toss this tidbit into the latter column: according to recent tabloid reports, Nicolas Cage got freaked out after two car accidents in the span of a few days on the New York City set of his new Disney film, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice." First a stuntman lost control of a Ferrari and careened into pedestrians in Times Square. Then an SVU struck a parked car, injuring several crew members. Cage was said to have become convinced a curse had descended on the movie and drastic measures were necessary. So he reportedly hired a voodoo priestess to break the evil spell and restore order to the production.

Crazy, right? Cage himself certainly thinks so, and when MTV News paid a visit to the "Apprentice" set on Wednesday night, the actor went out of his way to dispel the rumors. Read more...

A high-speed chase in Times Square for the upcoming Nic Cage fantasy flick "Sorcerer's Apprentice" turned into a disaster this week as a stunt car lost control and careened into a crowd of sightseers. In a video obtained by the New York Post, a black Ferrari attempts to slip through a heavily trafficked avenue, but is put into a skid before slamming into the center island, hitting street lamps and people. No word yet on the condition of those struck, although none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening.

This is one of those movies I keep having to double check on to see if I'm reading it right -- Nicolas Cage in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"? Jay Baruchel taking over a role once played by Mickey Mouse? It seems like a SNL skit, doesn't it?

As odd as it seems to remake Mickey Mouse, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" has rounded out its cast. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Alfred Molina (the man of a million roles, but you probably know him best as Doc Ock in "Spider-Man 2") is set to play the evil magician Horvath.
Yep -- there's two magicians in this, which raises the stakes a little higher than some brooms. Read more...

Contributed by Silas Lesnick

Australian beauty Teresa Palmer has found her next big-screen outing courtesy of Disney in the upcoming live-action take on the "Fantastia" tale, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Currently set to star Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel (in the respective Sorcerer and Apprentice roles), the film reunites Cage with both-time "National Treasure" director Jon Turteltaub and likewise producer extraordinaire Jerry Bruckheimer. Read more...