Kate Mara Gets "Transcendence" Role

Rooney Mara may have lost out on playing the role of Johnny Depp’s wife to Rebecca Hall but the older Mara sister, Kate Mara has landed a role in "The Dark Knight" cinematographer Wally Pfister's directorial debut "Transcendence" says Deadline.

 

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. Then that computer is connected to the internet.

Paul Bettany will play a fellow scientist

Christian Bale, James McAvoy, Tobey Maguire, Noomi Rapace and Christoph Waltz are 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.

Shooting kicks off in the spring for release in theaters by April 2014