I saw that trailer for this one. Interesting subject matter, but I guess you can only do Lawnmower Man so many times.
For now, anyway.
Maybe he was just intrigued by the role/story.
Like Battlefield Earth, Travolta has enough cash that he could make his "dream project".
Didn't work out so hot.
In fact, Travolta has kind of fallen off the radar again.
If Depp continues making high budget stinkers, he won't KEEP his riches, though.
FWIW, I saw the movie and liked it a lot. It sounds like the usual machine-takes-over-man theme, and that is the storyline. But it’s nicely updated to be a plausible outcome of the trends we face. It doesn’t have unnecessary car chases, violence, sex etc. It tells a classical SF story, with very good cinema qualities, and does it well.
LOL...that was my thought on seeing the trailer.