For a man who has played a mascara-sporting pirate, a kooky confection mogul, and a tea-guzzling hatter, there is no film role that is out of the question. It is thus not much of a surprise to hear that Johnny Depp will be taking on the role of a mad scientist whose brain is uploaded [...]

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Johnny Depp to play sentient computer in singularity flick, Transcendence