Having lensed every Christopher Nolan movie since Memento (the pair are parting ways with Interstellar), cinematographer Wally Pfister is trying his hand at directing with Transcendance, starring Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, Rebecca Hall, Cillian Murphy, and Morgan Freeman. A sci-fi thriller about science gone wrong, the synopsis goes as follows:
Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him. However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed—to be a participant in his own transcendence. For his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and best friend Max Waters (Paul Bettany), both fellow researchers, the question is not if they can…but if they should. Their worst fears are realized as Will’s thirst for knowledge evolves into a seemingly omnipresent quest for power, to what end is unknown. The only thing that is becoming terrifyingly clear is there may be no way to stop him.
Entertaiment Weekly have the first images from the project, featuring Depp, Freeman, Murphy, and some gorgeous visuals reminiscent of The Dark Knight trilogy.
Released: 18th April 2014
