It's been a great few years for sci-fi fans, with Rian Johnson, Duncan Jones, Joseph Kosinski, Christopher Nolan and more lending their considerable talent to the genre. That trend should continue in 2014, and today we've got new posters for two anticipated sci-fi films, Wally Pfister's Transcendence, and Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin.
First up is Transcendence, which we know stars Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Morgan Freeman, Kate Mara, and Paul Bettany. Pfister's directorial debut opens April 18th and here's the official synopsis:
Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions. His highly controversial experiments have made him famous, but they have also made him the prime target of anti-technology extremists who will do whatever it takes to stop him. However, in their attempt to destroy Will, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed—to be a participant in his own transcendence. For his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall) and best friend Max Waters (Paul Bettany), both fellow researchers, the question is not if they can…but if they should. Their worst fears are realized as Will’s thirst for knowledge evolves into a seemingly omnipresent quest for power, to what end is unknown. The only thing that is becoming terrifyingly clear is there may be no way to stop him.
And then there's Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin, which has been receiving some incredible reviews for the director and star Scarlett Johansson since it played in Venice last year. Opening on April 4th, a new trailer debuts tomorrow for the Species-esque film about a beautiful, man-eating alien who grows closer to her human prey over time.
