Transcendence Starring Johnny Depp Reveals Full Trailer

By: Robert Prentice
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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 succeedโ€”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 canโ€ฆbut if they should.

Their worst fears are realized as Willโ€™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.

Opening nationwide on April 17, 2014, โ€œTranscendenceโ€ will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

Checkout these 3 teasers and tell us what you think of this film. The concept of an AI going wrong is not new and brought back memories of The Terminator. These teasers don’t reveal enough to say this film will keep away from that type of plot but whether that will happen or not remains to be seen.

Alcon Entertainment presents โ€œTranscendence,โ€ starring Oscarยฎ nominee Johnny Depp (โ€œSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,โ€ โ€œFinding Neverland,โ€ the โ€œPirates of the Caribbeanโ€ films), Paul Bettany (โ€œThe Da Vinci Code,โ€ โ€œA Beautiful Mindโ€), Rebecca Hall (โ€œThe Town,โ€ โ€œThe Prestigeโ€), Kate Mara (โ€œHouse of Cards,โ€ โ€œShooterโ€), Cillian Murphy (โ€œInception,โ€ โ€œThe Dark Knight Risesโ€), Clifton Collins, Jr. (โ€œStar Trek,โ€ โ€œPacific Rimโ€) and Oscarยฎ winner Morgan Freeman (โ€œMillion Dollar Baby,โ€ the โ€œDark Knightโ€ movies).

โ€œTranscendenceโ€ marks the feature film directorial debut of Oscarยฎ-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister (โ€œInception,โ€ the โ€œDark Knightโ€ movies). Pfister directed the movie from a screenplay by Jack Paglen. Oscarยฎ nominees Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson (โ€œThe Blind Sideโ€) are producing the film with Kate Cohen, Marisa Polvino, Annie Marter, David Valdes, and Aaron Ryder.

Pfisterโ€™s behind-the-scenes collaborators include director of photography Jess Hall (โ€œBrideshead Revisitedโ€), production designer Chris Seagers (โ€œX-Men: First Classโ€), Oscar-nominated editor David Rosenbloom (โ€œThe Insiderโ€), costume designer George L. Little (โ€œZero Dark Thirtyโ€), and Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor Nathan McGuinness (โ€œMaster and Commanderโ€). The music is composed by Mychael Danna, who won an Oscarยฎ for his score for โ€œLife of Pi.โ€