The Current War

Name: The Current War
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Released: TBA
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 42
Cast: Abigail Johns, Benedict Cumberbatch, Celyn Jones, Conor MacNeill, Craig Conway

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The Weinstein Company | Release Date: TBA | PG-13

Starring: Abigail Johns, Benedict Cumberbatch, Celyn Jones, Conor MacNeill, Craig Conway, Damien Molony, Emma Davies, Katherine Waterston, Louis Ashbourne Serkis, Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Simon Kunz, Tom Bell, Tom Holland, Tuppence Middleton, Woody Norman

Summary: Three brilliant visionaries set off in a charged battle for the future in The Current War, the epic story of the cutthroat competition that literally lit up the modern world. Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) is on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his radical new DC technology. On the eve of triumph, his plans areThree brilliant visionaries set off in a charged battle for the future in The Current War, the epic story of the cutthroat competition that literally lit up the modern world. Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) is on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his radical new DC technology. On the eve of triumph, his plans are upended by charismatic businessman George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), who believes he and his partner, the upstart genius Nikolai Tesla (Nicholas Hoult), have a superior idea for how to rapidly electrify America: with AC current. As Edison and Westinghouse grapple for who will power the nation, they spark one of the first and greatest corporate feuds in American history, establishing for future Titans of Industry the need to break all the rules.… Expand

Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 107 min

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