' s ▁ro omm ate . ▁▁ ▁Mon ica ▁Bell ucci ▁as ▁Ver onica ▁Gor lo isen , ▁a ▁sor cer ess ▁and ▁B alth azar ' s ▁love ▁interest . ▁ ▁Alice ▁Kr ige ▁as ▁M org ana ▁le ▁F ay ▁ ▁Robert ▁Cap ron ▁as ▁Oliver , ▁Dave ' s ▁child hood ▁friend . ▁Ian ▁Mc Sh ane ▁as ▁N arr ator ▁ ▁Production ▁The ▁basic ▁idea ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁mostly ▁Nicolas ▁C age ' s , ▁who ▁wanted ▁to ▁explore ▁a ▁myst ic ▁world ▁and ▁play ▁a ▁character ▁with ▁mag ical ▁powers , ▁and ▁following ▁a ▁suggestion ▁by ▁his ▁producer ▁friend ▁Tod d ▁Gar ner , ▁decided ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁feature - length ▁movie ▁based ▁upon ▁the ▁Fant asia ▁segment ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name . ▁On ▁February ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁this ▁film ▁was ▁announced ▁by ▁Disney . ▁References ▁to ▁the ▁original ▁animation ▁include ▁the ▁scene ▁where ▁Dave ▁anim ates ▁m ops ▁to ▁clean ▁his ▁labor atory , ▁and ▁having ▁Mic key ▁Mouse ' s ▁hat ▁in ▁the ▁post - cred its ▁scene . ▁ ▁Fil ming ▁ ▁The ▁Sor cer er ' s ▁App rent ice ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁and ▁most ▁scenes ▁were ▁shot ▁on ▁location , ▁in ▁places ▁such ▁as ▁Washington ▁Square ▁Park ▁and ▁Ch in at own ' s ▁E ld r ige ▁Street . ▁Dave ' s ▁labor atory ▁was ▁fil med ▁in ▁either ▁an ▁abandoned ▁sub way ▁station ▁located ▁under ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁City