Wally Pfister’s TRANSCENDENCE Teaser Trailer Starring Johnny Depp

The first teaser trailer for Wally Pfister‘s Transcendence has been released, in which a very creepy looking Johnny Depp plays a scientist looking to merge his mind with a computer.  The film also stars Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara, Paul Bettany, and Rebecca Hall.  This will be Pfister’s directorial debut, having previously worked as a cinematographer on nearly all of Christopher Nolan’s films.

Transcendence is set for theaters April 18, 2014, hit the jump for the trailer and synopsis.

Dr. Will Caster 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 and friend Max, 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.