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Transcendence (Blu-ray Review)

August 24, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Starring: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman
Director: Wally Pfister
Running Time: 119 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: August 25th 2014 (UK)

It’s always a shame when a movie that wants to be a genuinely intelligent slice of a-list entertainment fails. If one succeeds, Hollywood always treats it like a fluke, but if it bombs they point at it as proof that all that audiences want are big, dumb fireworks. What’s a particular pity with Transcendence is that it would probably have been better as a slightly smaller film.

Johnny Depp plays Will Caster, a scientist working on artificial intelligence who believes he’s close to creating a machine that will vastly outstrip any human intellect there’s ever been. However as there always is in this type of film, a group of terrorist-type people don’t believe in this type of machine and launch a series of attacks on facilities working on AI systems. That includes shooting Will with a bullet that doesn’t initially kill him, but is poisoned with a radioactive isotope that will cause him to die over the course of a few weeks. [Read more…]

Johnny Depp Gets Pixelated In A New Transcendence Poster

March 6, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Sometimes Johnny Depp doesn’t seem quite like a normal human, and that’s certainly going to be true in Transcendence, where he puts his mind inside a computer. Now a new poster has arrived in which he gets a little pixelated.

Here the synopsis: ‘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 co-stars Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy and Kate Mara. The film is due out in April.

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New Transcendence Trailer – Fresh look at the Johnny Depp sci-fi

February 12, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

In a couple of months we’ll get to see the very intriguing looking Transcendence. After a poster yesterday comes a fresh trailer with plenty of new footage from the Johnny Depp sci-fi.

And if it also brings to mind Inception, it’s probably little coincidence this is the directorial debut of that movie’s cinematographer, Wally Pfister.

Transcendence co-stars Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy and Kate Mara. The film is due out in April. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy DIRECTORS: Wally Pfister FILMS: Transcendence

Johnny Depp Gets All Wired Up In A New Transcendence Poster

February 10, 2014 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

A new poster has arrived for Transcendence, as movie that’s definitely one of the most intriguing films of the first part of 2014, although could turn out to be more generic sci-fi than it initially looks. We’ll just have to hope some of Christopher Nolan’s storytelling acumen has rubbed off on his regular cinematographer, Wally Pfister, as this marks his directorial debut.

Transcendence co-stars Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy and Kate Mara. The film is due out in April.

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Transcendence Trailer – Johnny Depp gets shot and goes inside a computer

December 21, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Transcendence always sounded pretty intriguing, but this trailer suggests we could be dealing with something very cool, even if there is a slight whiff of the 1980s around a film about a computer that gets too smart for its own good.

And if it also brings to mind Inception, it’s probably little coincidence this is the directorial debut of that movie’s cinematographer, Wally Pfister.

Transcendence co-stars Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara and Paul Bettany. The film is due out next April. [Read more…]

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ACTORS: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman DIRECTORS: Wally Pfister FILMS: Transcendence

Transcendence Teaser Trailers – Johnny Depp gets into computers (literally)

December 20, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Wally Pfister has learned a lot about keeping things mysterious having worked with Christopher Nolan on most of his movies, so he’s keeping things close to his chest for his directorial debut, Transcendence. Now we have a couple of teaser trailers, and they really are teasers. You can take a look at them below.

Transcendence co-stars Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara and Paul Bettany. The film is due out next April.

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First Official Pics From Transcendence Drop, Featuring Johnny Depp & Morgan Freeman

December 13, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

A couple of days ago the official synopsis dropped for Transcendence, the first feature directed by Christopher Nolan’s cinematographer, Wally Pfister. Now a couple of images have arrived, which you can see above and below. A trailer is expected very soon.

Here that synopsis: ‘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 co-stars Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara and Paul Bettany. The film is due out next April.

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ACTORS: Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman DIRECTORS: Wally Pfister FILMS: Transcendence

Official Synopsis For Johnny Depp Starrer Transcendence Revealed

December 10, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

There’s been a lot of interest in Transcendence, the directorial debut of Christopher Nolan’s cinematographer Wally Pfister. However Pfister has learned a few things about secrecy from Nolan, so while there have been bits and pieces about what the movie is about, there’s not been much official.

However now an official synopsis has been released, giving us some more info on the movie, which stars Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara and Paul Bettany.

Here is is: ‘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.’

The film is due out next April.

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ACTORS: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara, Paul Bettany DIRECTORS: Wally Pfister FILMS: Transcendence

New Plot Details Revealed About Johnny Depp’s Transcendence

July 30, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

Wally Pfister has spent a big chunk of the last few years working with Christopher Nolan (as his cinematographer), and it seemed like the Batman director’s infamous secrecy had rubbed off on him, as he’s been keeping his cards pretty close to his chest about his directorial debut, Transcendence. All we’ve really known is that it’s about artificial intelligence.

Now Screen Crush has slightly more, although it’s not exactly an extensive synopsis. It says, ‘Will Caster, forefather of A.I., has his consciousness uploaded onto the internet.

‘Once there, is it really Will who is interacting with humanity in order to make things better, or a darker sinister clone bent on the termination of the world as we know it?’

It certainly sounds intriguing.

Johnny Depp plays Caster, with Rebecca Hall as his wife and Paul Bettany as a colleague. Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara, Clifton Collins Jr., Cole Hauser and Morgan Freeman also star. It’ll be in cinemas next April.

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ACTORS: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany DIRECTORS: Wally Pfister FILMS: Transcendence

First Look At Transcendence – With a pic, poster & featurette for the Johnny Depp sci-fi

July 13, 2013 By Tim Isaac Leave a Comment

There’s been a lot on interest recently in the fact Hollywood has been trying to find ways to make more money in China. It’s now the second biggest market in the world but presents particular difficulties due to limits on the number of foreign movies that are allowed to be released (and severe limits on how much studios can make from those releases).

The LA Times has been looking at how Wally Pfister’s directorial debut, Transcendence, has been working in China, and has also managed to get some Chinese funding, which may allow it to be classed as a Chinese co-production (and therefore potentially a lot more profitable in that country).

It’s also allowed us to get our first look at the Johnny Depp movie with a behind-the-scenes image (above), as well as a features and Chinese teaser poster. The Chris Nolan produced film is shrouded in mystery, but in the article, producer Dan Mintz says, “Without giving away too much, Transcendence is about that moment when human consciousness and the insanely fast rise of computing power collide. It pulls from the idea of singularity to tell a truly meaningful story that is more ‘science reality’ than science fiction. This is something that is likely to happen in our lifetimes and that makes it a story everyone can get into.”

Morgan Freeman, Rebecca Hall, Cillian Murphy, Clifton Collins Jr., Kate Mara, and Paul Bettany co-star. It’s due to hit cinemas April 2014.

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ACTORS: Johnny Depp, Cillian Murphy, Paul Bettany DIRECTORS: Wally Pfister FILMS: Transcendence