Sorcerers Apprentice exclusive poster 2/5

In day two of our exclusive The Sorcerer’s Apprentice poster reveals, we bring you a first look at Alfred Molina as the villainous Maxim Horvath.

Now here’s Molina looking all mean and stuff as an ex-disciple of Merlin who makes life tough for Nic Cage and co. Click the above image for a hi-res version...

As with Sun Lok, we also have a brand spanking new piece of info about Molina’s character, as well as a word from the man himself, courtesy of Disney…

MAXIM HORVATH (Alfred Molina) was, along with Balthazar Blake and Veronica, a disciple of Merlin and a force of good more than a thousand years ago. But their mutual love for Veronica split the colleagues apart and Horvath has instead become an ally of the wicked Morgana, who murdered Merlin and is seeking to conquer the world with her minions. He and Balthazar have battled through the ages, finally bringing their conflict to modern-day New York City.

“In The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Horvath’s mission is world domination,” says Molina. “Balthazar and Horvath have a rivalry that’s gone on for millennia. Balthazar is maintaining the Merlinean standard of magic as a power that’s used for the benefit of mankind.

“Horvath is the leader of the Morganians, who take the very different view that magic should be used to subjugate humans. That’s the struggle between good as personified by Nic Cage’s character, and evil as personified by mine. Horvath is a rather smart, debonair, Edwardian villain in the classic tradition of suave bad guys, well dressed and charming, but deadly.”

Look out for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice when it opens in the UK on 11 August, and be sure to check back tomorrow for our third poster reveal.

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Josh Winning has worn a lot of hats over the years. Contributing Editor at Total Film, writer for SFX, and senior film writer at the Radio Times. Josh has also penned a novel about mysteries and monsters, is the co-host of a movie podcast, and has a library of pretty phenomenal stories from visiting some of the biggest TV and film sets in the world. He would also like you to know that he "lives for cat videos..." Don't we all, Josh. Don't we all.