CreditsDirector: Wally PfisterCast:Johnny Depp (Public Enemies,
Pirates of the Carribean),
Morgan Freeman (The Bucket List, Last Vegas),
Rebecca Hall (Prestige),
Paul Bettany (The Da Vinci Code)
Release Date: April 18, 2014
Synopsis The directorial debut of Wally Pfister, follows the life of
Dr. Will Caster (Depp), an artificial intelligence researcher who strives to create a machine that possesses sentience and collective intelligence. Extremists who oppose technological advancement target him, but their actions drive him toward his goal.
Caster also wants to become part of the new technology, and his wife Evelyn and his best friend Max Waters, also researchers, question the wisdom of this drive. Caster's goal to acquire knowledge becomes one to acquire power, and he seems to be unstoppable. Depp is seen undergoing a terrifying transformation for the role Caster attempts to transfer his knowledge, memories and emotions into an advanced computer programme to live on as artificial intelligence., Transcendence