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  • Johnny Depp’s New Film, Transcendence, Releases Trailer [Video]

    Johnny Depp is back at it with yet another upcoming film. The film is called Transcendence, and features an outstanding ensemble cast with Johnny Depp and several others. News of the film has been buzzing for a while, and the trailer has finally been released.

    Transcendence will see Johnny Depp return to his original type of character, playing a scientist in an odd type of science fiction thriller. The film centers on a terminally iill scientist who downloads his body into a computer.

    With this act, the computer grants him power beyond his wildest dreams, and soon, he becomes unstoppable. The trailer begins with Depp’s character, Dr. Will Caster, telling an audience “The path to building super intelligence requires us to unlock the most fundamental secrets of the universe.”

    Dr. Caster gets shot with a radiation-laced bullet, and he is told the effects are irreversible, which creates drastic consequences for him as the film progresses.

    The film is sure to be a hit with science fiction lovers, and with the star-power attached with the cast, will dazzle audiences come spring time when it is released.

    In case anyone missed it, here is a teaser trailer that was released last week.

    In addition to Johnny Depp’s portrayal of Dr. Will Caster, the film features performances from Kate Mara and Rebecca Hall, two of the most-desired actress around right now. Morgan Freeman, Cillian Murphy, and Paul Bettany will also be in the film.

    In addition to Transcendence, Johnny Depp is currently working on an adaptation of Into The Woods, and London Fields, an upcoming film with his girlfriend, Amber Heard.

    Transcendence will be released in theaters on April 18, 2014. The film is presented by Warner Bros. and will feature the directorial debut from Wally Pfister, a cinematographer who has worked with Christopher Nolan on multiple occasions.

    Image via Youtube

  • Matt Damon Turns 43 Today, Happy Birthday!

    Award winning actor, writer and all around good guy Matt Damon turns 43 today. Damon shares his birthday with am impressive list of Hollywood royalty, Chevy Chase (70), Sigourney Weaver (64), Darrell Hammond (58) and some of the younger generation, Bruno Mars (28), Angus T. Jones (20).

    For those of us who remember Damon playing the bad guy in School Ties (1992) it is hard to believe that it’s over 20 years later and the Boston, Mass, native is now the elder statesman for up-and-comers. Recently, Cillian Murphy referenced Damon as a role model, “I admire people like Matt Damon—he just continues to do brilliant work and that’s it. That’s the model I’d like to follow.” Ok, well Murphy is only six-years junior to Damon, but you get the idea.

    The Academy Award winner was seen doing some good last week. He took a moment to introduce Professor Diane Ravitch, a friend of his mother’s, for her speech during the Education on the Edge speaker series at California State University Northridge. Damon said of Ravitch, “She’s America’s foremost historian in the areas of education policy, she’s a champion of public education, she’s a courageous speaker and she’s a truth-teller.”

    Dean of the school’s college of education, Michael Spagna, considered the appearance of the celebrated actor opportune for education, “I think if we can transfer some of that cultural appreciation that we have for actors like Matt Damon to teachers, we’ve done a great thing…”

    Ben Wishaw/Matt Damon

    Damon is keeping a hefty filming schedule through the end of the year, with Elysium having just released in August (US release) the actor has three other films in the works. The Zero Theorem will be released at the Venice Film Festival in December. The film is directed by visionary, Terry Gilliam, who posts on the official Facebook page that Matt and British actor Ben Wishaw will share the same part, “since work for film actors is very slow these days.” That’s Wishaw superimposed on Damon’s face.

    In post-production, The Monuments Men re-teams Damon with George Clooney (director, co-writer and star) and will be released in December. The story is set during World War II and follows a crew of art historians and museum curators around the battlefields while they protect works of art from destruction.

    Finally, Damon is filming Interstellar, which will not premiere until November 2014.

    [Image via Zero Theorem and Sony Pictures Facebook.]