Kate Mara (“American Horror Story”) is set to join Rebecca Hall (Iron Man 3) in Academy Award-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister’s directorial debut Transcendence, a sci-fi thriller starring Johnny Depp as a man who uploads his brain into a super computer that learns to think for itself.

Transcendence shoots in Los Angeles next month and is slated for release on April 25, 2014 from Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros. Geek messiah Christopher Nolan (Dark Knight Rises) serves as executive producer.

Mara made her horror movie debut in 2005’s Urban Legends: Bloody Mary. She’s since starred in mostly non-genre fair with the exceptions of Iron Man 2 and 127 Hours. Mara is best known, however, for her role on season one of Ryan Murphy’s “American Horror Story.”