Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in talks to join Johnny Depp in sci-fi movie 'Transcendence'.
The film, also starring Rebecca Hall, is the directorial debut of of cinematographer Wally Pfister, the Hollywood Reporter said.
Plot details have been closely guarded, but the film is described as in the vein of '2001: A Space Odyssey' and 'Inception'.
Depp plays the role of a man who creates a computer program that develops an awareness.
The shooting will begin in May in Los Angeles with a target to release the movie on April 25, 2014.
