The current list of 15 will be narrowed down to seven in early January by members of the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee who had selected the initial list. At that point, all members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 15-minute excerpts from each of the seven shortlisted films on Thursday, January 20. Following the screenings, the members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration. The 83rd Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2010 will be presented on Sunday, February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center, and televised live by the ABC Television Network.

Other films being considered for the award are: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Clash of the Titans, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Hereafter, Inception, The Last Airbender, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Shutter Island, and Unstoppable.

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Magic is everywhere in Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice-the fun family adventure from the creators of National Treasure. Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a modern-day sorcerer with his hands full defending Manhattan against dark forces. When a seemingly average kid shows hidden potential, Balthazar takes his reluctant recruit on a crash course in the art and science of magic to become the ultimate sorcerer’s apprentice. Experience more extraordinary thrills, heart-stopping action and spectacular special effects than you can imagine as these unlikely partners show us that the real world is far more magical than we ever knew!

According to Amazon.com, the bonus features are as follows:

DVD Bonus Features

Blu-Ray Bonus Features

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In the clip, Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) and his apprentice Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel) have journeyed to New York City’s Chinatown on a quest to find the Grimhold which has been missing for the past ten years. Unfortunately they find that the Grimhold has already fallen into the hands of Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina) who has just released Sun Lok (Gregory Woo) from his wooden prison. Dragons and hilarity ensue (with a ton of amazing f/x).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-4pWLv5SLE

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	A Fairy-Tale Fall (Disney Princess) (Step into Reading) (Available Tuesday, July 13 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) How do Cinderella, Belle, Ariel, and all the Disney princesses celebrate Halloween? Princess fans will love finding out in this original Step 2 reader! To order or for more information, click here
	Disney*Pixar Storybook Collection (Disney Storybook Collections) (Available Tuesday, July 13 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) The second edition of this top-selling storybook has been updated to include all of Pixar’s recent smash hit films including Ratatouille, WALL-E, Up, and Toy Story 3. With 18 stories, gilded pages, and over 250 pieces of both spot and full-page art, this storybook is a must-have for fans! To order or for more information, click here
	Fashionable Fairies (Disney Fairies) (Paper Doll Book) (Available Tuesday, July 13 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) The Disney Fairies love their one-of-a-kind outfits made from flowers and leaves. Now girls can dress up Tinker Bell and three of her fairy friends with this terrific paper doll book. There are 4 paper dolls, more than 30 fanciful fairy outfits, and over 50 fabulous stickers! To order or for more information, click here
	Heavy Metal Mater and Other Tall Tales (Disney/Pixar Cars) (Pictureback Favorites) (Available Tuesday, July 13 or Pre-Order from Amazon.com) Mater is up to his old tricks again, with three new tall tales in one fantastic hardcover storybook for boys ages 3 to 7! Mater tells Lightning McQueen how he started a heavy metal band, became a hot-rod racer in Tokyo, and had a close encounter with a UFO! This follow-up to Mater’s Tall Tales is a must-have for all fans of

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The event kicked off at the beginning of the carpet where New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, along with the film’s talent and the original Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Mickey Mouse, gathered to declare July 6 as Sorcerer’s Apprentice Day throughout the city. Then the stars began parading down the red and shadeless carpet to the New Amsterdam Theatre, where the screening was to be held. Unfortunately due to carpet position and the sun’s unwilligness to forgive, many of the invitees would eventually break away from the carpet and dash inside, so the opportunities for one poor Disney blogger were rare.

To that end, there were a couple of standouts. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer eventually made his way down the carpet, paying his regards to the press. Star and executive producer Nicolas Cage, however, was truly exceptional, not only responding to all, but answering questions at length, all the while waving to his adoring fans who were staked out across 42nd Street or simply driving by.

It was also very difficult not to be captivated by the lovely Teresa Palmer, who portrays love-interest Becky Barnes. Although one would never know it from her performances, Teresa is an Aussie and has a very heavy (but charming) accent to prove it. The children from the film — Jake Cherry, Peyton List and Robert Capron were also delightful.

After the screening of the movie, the night’s festivities moved on to Bryant Park where the stars of the film along with producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Jon Turtletaub conducted a brief Q&A session at an event open to all. Although One Republic — whose hit song Secrets is featured in the film – was expected to perform during the mini-concert, cited health reasons kept lead singer Ryan Tedder at bay. Instead, Hollywood Records recording artist Alpha Rev doubled-up on their performance, treating the crowd to an impressive show consisting of about six or seven songs.

Epilogue: I really ought to be a concert photographer.

Below is our photo gallery from the event. Click on any thumbnail to see a larger version. All images © Stitch Kingdom. All rights reserved.

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We also have additional photos from the red carpet, backstage at the concert and from the after-party courtesy of Walt Disney Studios. All photos by Marion Curtis for Startraksphoto.com.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgdWbtgzxys

Walt Disney Studios has also released the following clip titled ‘Sorcery 101′  in which Balthazar (Cage) teaches his new apprentice Dave (Jay Baruchel) about the physics of magic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ReQ1fM-M0M

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7flgLqJEzr8

We’ll be covering the red carpet of the world premiere later today, so be sure to follow us on twitter and check in later for a first-hand report and many photos from the day’s events.

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On July 6, OneRepublic will be teaming up with Alpha Rev to offer a free outdoor mini-concert in New York City’s Bryant Park in celebration of the world premiere of the film as well as Mayor Bloomberg’s declaration of July 6 as ‘Sorcerer’s Apprentice Day’ in New York City. The concert is expected to begin around 8:15 pm.

In another promotional video, this one released by Walt Disney Studios New Zealand, we not only get to see the relationship between Balthazar and his apprentice Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel) but the video also goes on to explore Dave’s relationship with Becky Barnes (Teresa Palmer) and even features a tiny clip from when the two are children (although we have seen young Dave before, this is the first time we’ve seen young Becky).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncqAYK624lE

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In the clip, young Dave Stutler (Jake Cherry) meets his future mentor Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) for the first time, at Blake’s shop, the Arcana Cabana. While Balthazar goes to dig out homework for his young apprentice, curious Dave stumbles upon the Grimhold, a prison for the most evil and dangerous of sorcerers. The first sorcerer to be released from the Grimhold is Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina), a centuries-old rival of Balthazar in more ways than one…

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In case you couldn’t tell, we’re pretty darn excited about The Sorcerer’s Apprentice from Walt Disney Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer. We’re just a few days away from the world premiere and the publicity is stepping up accordingly.

Disney Channel recently released this Movie Surfers segment in which the Surfers meet up with Jay Baruchel who talks about impressing his mom by saving the world, learning valuable lessons and providing sage advice: if you’re going to go on a quest to save the world, use the restroom first. A small amount of new footage in this segment very much directed at its demographic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8e16HBZA_s

Walt Disney Studios has created an interactive experience supporting the film and has set it up in Los Angeles at the Hollywood and Highland Center complex, across the street from the El Capitan movie theater and the Disney’s Soda Fountain and Studio Store.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcQi131EdPw

The interactive experience is also available in New York City at the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street and Macy’s in Herald Square.

And lastly (for now), Walt Disney Studios has provided us with dozens of new hi-res stills and behind-the-scenes photos from the film. They’re in no particular order other than the newest ones we received are at the beginning of our Sorcerer’s Apprentice photo gallery below.

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In this new featurette titled The Coolest Job Ever (which is coincidentally the film’s tagline), Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, director Jon Turtletaub and producer Jerry Bruckheimer offer up some additional insight into the relationship between the Sorcerer and his Apprentice. In addition, there’s quite a bit of new footage, mostly dealing with Horvath (Alfred Molina) and the grimhold, some new f/x which I don’t believe have been shown before and the film’s leads saying ‘money’ a lot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CakeMB4gow

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In addition to a formal ceremony dedicating the day to the film and Fantasia segment, rock bands OneRepublic and Alpha Rev will be holding a free concert in honor of the film that evening at Bryant Park. The concert, open to the public, will take place shortly after the world premiere at the New Amsterdam Theatre, home to Disney Theatrical’s Mary Poppins.

Stitch Kingdom will be live at the premiere covering the event which — like the film it’s honoring — takes place all over the greatest city in the world.

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In the clip, young Dave Stutler has stumbled into the mysterious Arcana Cabana shop in downtown Manhattan where he runs into its proprietor, Balthazar Blake, for the first time. Knowing this was no accident, Balthazar introduces Dave to Merlin’s dragon ring and sets the wheels of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice’s destiny in motion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4kOTqwNpGg

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The featurette also manages to give us our first good look at the high-speed car chase through the streets of Manhattan which made national headlines when it was plagued with accidents (both directly and indirectly) during the time of the shoots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpDsgJO1BZw

Stitch Kingdom was also on hand to watch some of the filming of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice which involved some of the magic appearing throughout the car chase scenes. You can check that report out here (minor plot spoilers).

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Walt Disney Studios recently sent us a couple of new stills from their upcoming release The Sorcerer’s Apprentice starring Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Toby Kebbell and Monica Belluci.

They also asked us to share a few behind-the-scene facts from the movie with you:

In the film, Maxim Horvath (Molina) conjures up a small pack of wolves that chase title character Dave (Baruchel) through a New York City subway station. Although the station is — at times — a rather incredible set, the wolves are very real and are named Bandit, Sierra, Samson and Takoda. They live at Howling Woods Farm, a wolf sanctuary in Jackson Township, NJ. Howling Woods even has a fascinating collection of dozens of behind-the-scene photos from The Sorcerer’s Apprentice as well as the four-legged stars’ appearance in the film’s calendar.

Every single page of the enormous and constantly growing Ecantus, which is featured in one of the new stills with Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel, had to be aged individually. It was done so by experts in medieval bookbinding who used a battery of methods to do so, ranging from sanding the papers to wetting them with tea.

Sorcerer Sun Lok’s (Gregory Woo) armored skirt was made by the costuming department from more than a thousand hand-pounded leather plates and was bounded row by row. If that wasn’t enough, they even made a second copy of the armored skirt exactly the same way.

The seven domains in the Merlin Circle are: Space-Time, Motion, Matter, Elements, Transformation, Mind and, in the center of it all, Love — the forbidden domain. The multi-colored flames that shoot out of the Merlin Circle in the underground lab were created like a gigantic stove-top burner with five rods, each six inches below the deck in the water tank.

Below is our gallery of all the stills from the film we’ve received so far. The two newest are at the beginning of the gallery.

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All images © Disney Enterprises and Jerry Bruckheimer Productions

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice opens nationwide on July 14.

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