Dark Knight cinematographer Wally Pfister has certainly lined up an impressive cast for his directorial debut, Transcendence. He’s got Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara, Clifton Collins Jr., and Morgan Freeman lined up to star, and now he’s added one more name, Cole Hauser, according to THR.
He’s already been seen this year in A Good Day To Die Hard and Olympus Has Fallen, and now he’ll be heading for the Transcendence set. Pfister has learned followed in Chris Nolan’s footstep’s by releasing little info on the film’s plot, but it is known it involves a group of scientists who are experimenting with a technological singularity, leading to a computer becoming intelligent and malevolent when Depp’s mind is transferred into it.
The film starts shooting soon with an April 2014 release already set.
Clifton Collins Jr. has joined the fast growing cast of Transcendence for director Wally Pfister, according to 
While it’s not unusual for a director to cast the same actor in several movies, it’s easy to forget that there are a lot more people on a set who famous faces work with, and if those crew members turn director, they may also want to work with those actors again.
Christopher Nolan likes to have wise old men in his movies. The Dark Knight films had two of them in the form of Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman. Now the cinematographer of Dark Knight, Wally Pfister has decided he needs a wide old man, so he’s reuniting with Morgan Freeman for Transcendence, according to 
Hollywood’s obsession with men getting much younger love interests continues unabated, with the news that 30-year-old House of Cards star Kate Mara has signed on to star opposite 49-year-old Johnny Depp in Transcendence, according to 
Last week Johnny Depp confirmed his involvement in Dark Knight cinematographer Wally Pfister’s directorial debut, Transcendence, and an April shoot start was set. That means Pfister hasn’t got much time to get everything ready, so he’s now busy filling out the cast.
While Johnny Depp has been attached to Transcendence for quite a while, he’s only now getting his first castmate – probably because it’s only in the last few days that Depp has confirmed that he will indeed star in the movie and plans to make it one of his next projects.
A few weeks ago it was revealed that Johnny Depp had signed up to star in Transcendence, the directorial debut of Christopher Nolan’s longtime cinematographer, Wally Pfister. However as the time there was no info on the plot.
Last week it was revealed that Christopher Nolan’s longtime cinematographer, Wally Pfister, was planning his first movie as a director, and Johnny Depp is in talks to star. Now the 
Wally Pfister has found much acclaim as the cinematographer on the likes of Moneyball and all of Christopher Nolan’s movies since Memento (winning an Oscar for Inception). Now he’s planning to turn director, and he’s already eyeing some heavyweight talent to head up the movie, as Johnny Depp is in negotiations to star in Transcendence.