Watch Johnny Depp In First TRANSCENDENCE Trailer

Johnny Depp stars as Will Caster in the intriguing new trailer for Alcon Entertainment’s sci-fi thriller TRANSCENDENCE.

It marks the feature film directorial debut of Oscar-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister (INCEPTION, the DARK KNIGHT movies). Pfister directed the movie from a screenplay by Jack Paglen.

In theaters April 18, 2014, Depp plays Dr. Will Caster – 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.

Alcon Entertainment presents TRANSCENDENCE, starring Oscar nominee Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany (A BEAUTIFUL MIND), Rebecca Hall (THE TOWN), Kate Mara (HOUSE OF CARDS), Cillian Murphy (INCEPTION, THE DARK KNIGHT RISES), Clifton Collins, Jr. (PACIFIC RIM) and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman (MILLION DOLLAR BABY).

(L-r) MORGAN FREEMAN as Joseph Tagger, CILLIAN MURPHY as Agent Anderson, JOHNNY DEPP as Will Caster (on monitors), and REBECCA HALL as Evelyn Caster

Oscar® nominees Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson (“The Blind Side”) are producing the film with Kate Cohen, Marisa Polvino, Annie Marter, David Valdes, and Aaron Ryder.

Pfister’s behind-the-scenes collaborators include director of photography Jess Hall (“Brideshead Revisited”), production designer Chris Seagers (“X-Men: First Class”), Oscar-nominated editor David Rosenbloom (“The Insider”), costume designer George L. Little (“Zero Dark Thirty”), and Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor Nathan McGuinness (“Master and Commander”).

The music is composed by Mychael Danna, who won an Oscar® for his score for “Life of Pi.”

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