The mere fact Transcendence is directed by Christopher Nolan‘s long-time cinematographer Wally Pfister is enough to get fans excited. Add to that the fact it’s a high concept science fiction film with the likes of Johnny Depp in the lead role doesn’t hurt either.
Today some pictures from the film have arrived online as Warner Bros. is clearly preparing audiences for their slate of 2014 films, having recently revealed the film’s official synopsis:
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.
Set for release on April 18, 2014, the film co-stars Kate Mara, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy and Cory Hardrict. I can only assume a trailer is just around the corner and from what I have heard, while the trailer for Nolan’s Interstellar (check out the logo here) will premiere in theaters in front of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug tonight, it will have its official online debut on Monday.
So stay tuned. Oh, and here’s one more picture from Transcendence.
