It remains to be seen if Wally Pfister‘s directorial debut Transcendence will be the beginning of promising transition for the cinematographer or if it’s simply a decent appetizer to his longtime collaborator’s next film, Interstellar, but the footage unveiled thus far has us intrigued. Produced by Christopher Nolan, the sci-fi-drama lands follows Johnny Depp as a researcher who gets uploaded into the mainframe of his computer — in a near-future when A.I. is outpacing human intelligence.
We’ve now got a new full-length trailer, which ups the ante in terms of scope and includes of fair share of Inception-esque BRAAAMs. Regardless, it’s rare to get this kind of original science-fiction out of of Hollywood, so we’re looking forward to it. Check out the trailer and new poster below for the film also starring Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall, Cillian Murphy, Clifton Collins Jr., Kate Mara, and Paul Bettany.
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.
Transcendence opens on April 17th.