Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Another Dark Knight Vet Joins "Transcendence"

Cillian Murphy has joined the cast of "The Dark Knight" cinematographer Wally Pfister's directorial debut "Transcendence" says Latino Review.


In the Jack Paglen penned script Johnny Depp plays a scientist trying create the first self-aware computer. Somewhere along the way, he dies and his consciousness is uploaded into this supercomputer by his wife (Rebecca Hall). Then that computer is connected to the internet.

Murphy plays a fellow science guy

Paul Bettany will play a fellow scientist. Morgan Freeman and Kate Mara also star.

Christian Bale, James McAvoy, Tobey Maguire, Noomi Rapace and Christoph Waltz were all circling the film.

Marisa Polvino, Kate Cohen, Annie Marter, David Valdes, Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove will produce.

Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas are serving as executive producers.
Pfister has worked on seven of Nolan’s films since "Memento" including his Batman trilogy and "Inception" for which he won an Oscar.

Shooting kicks off in the next month in LA for release in theaters by April 2014

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