Director Jon Turteltaub WonderCon Video Interview THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE, 3D, and NATIONAL TREASURE 3

At this weekend’s WonderCon in San Francisco, I was able to interview director Jon Turteltaub about The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and National Treasure 3.  During the interview he talked about filming in NYC, Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel, what did it mean to him to direct Sorcerer’s Apprentice, 3D, what does he geek out over, and what’s the status of National Treasure 3.

The big news for National Treasure fans is it sound like the rumors of the next one taking place in Europe are accurate and Disney wants NT3 to be his next film.  But he’s still not sure what he’ll do next.  We also talked 3D and he revealed he wanted to do Sorcerer’s Apprentice in 3D but when he pitched it to Disney, they didn’t want to do it.  I then brought up would he shoot National Treasure 3 with 3D cameras.  Hit the jump to check out my exclusive interview:

Jon Turteltaub

• What’s WonderCon been like for him.  Mentions he wants to find the Jericho fan booth
• What is he a geek about
• How does Sorcerer’s Apprentice compare to his previous films
• 1:25 – We talk about how Jay Baruchel would imitate Nic Cage on set
• 2:05 – What was filming on the streets on New York City
• 3:00 – Does filming on location help the movie or hurt the movie
• 3:50 – Was he a fan of Fantasia and what did it mean to him to direct Sorcerer’s Apprentice
• 5:00 – National Treasure talk – do people always ask him about another one – confirms they are working on it right now
• 5:50 – Are they going to Europe for National Treasure 3
• 6:30 – Will NT3 be his next film. Says Disney envisions it being his next film
• 7:30 – 3D talk – Says he went to Disney to do Sorcerer’s Apprentice in 3D and Disney didn’t want to
• 8:30 – Would he want to shoot National Treasure 3 with 3D cameras

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