For the director, see Morgan J. Freeman

In 2014, Freeman voiced the character Vitruvius in The Lego Movie, a commercially successful 3D animation.[142] He starred in Transcendence, a science fiction thriller directed by Wally Pfister in his directorial debut, in which Freeman plays scientist Joseph Tagger. Critic reviews of the film were generally mixed, according to Metacritic.[143] Next, he co-starred in the action Lucy (2014), about a woman (Scarlett Johansson) who gains psychokinetic abilities when a nootropic drug is absorbed into her bloodstream. Freeman plays Professor Samuel Norman, who helps her research the condition. Producer Virginie Silla wanted Freeman for the part because of his experience in portraying a character of wisdom.[144] “He was the perfect actor”, she said.[144] Upon the release of Lucy, critical reception ranged from mixed-to-positive.[145] In the same year Freeman appeared in Dolphin Tale 2, the sequel to 2011’s Dolphin Tale,[146] and 5 Flights Up, a comedy-drama.[147] At the end of 2014, Freeman appeared as himself, among other celebrities, in the documentary Lennon or McCartney.[148]