The Current War

2017
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Title: The Current War

Original Title: The Current War

Year: 2017

Info

Release Dates

  • UK: July 26 2019
  • United States: October 25 2019

Plot

Historical drama directed by the American Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, director of the award-winning 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' and a large number of episodes of the American series 'American Horror Story' and 'Glee'.

'The Current War' is a biographical film based on the true story of the confrontation and subsequent competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse in the 1880s to create an electrical system in the United States, and thus be able to control the electricity market and commercialise it both throughout the country and abroad. Nikola Tesla also joined this conflict, which ultimately came to be known and referred to as the 'war of the currents', a historical rivalry to which we owe much of the contemporary electrical system.

This production will delve into the dark intricacies of a business competition that will test all the protagonists and decide the future not only of the United States, but of the electrical system of the entire world.

The film is written by Michael Mitnick, produced by Martin Scorsese and the main characters are portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch (Thomas Edison), Tom Holland (Samuel Insull), Michael Shannon (George Westinghouse), Nicholas Hoult (Nikola Tesla) and Katherine Waterston (Marguerite Westinghouse).

Cast

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch

Thomas Edison

Tom Holland

Tom Holland

Samuel Insull

Michael Shannon

Michael Shannon

George Westinghouse

Nicholas Hoult

Nicholas Hoult

Nikola Tesla

Katherine Waterston

Katherine Waterston

Marguerite Westinghouse

Tuppence Middleton

Tuppence Middleton

Mary Edison

Videos

'The Current War' trailer 2:25

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Trivia

Co-workers

Nicholas Hoult, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Holland are actors in Marvel movies, but had never been in the same movie.

Almost there

Sienna Miller was one of the candidates for the leading role in the movie.

Destined

This production is the first time that Tom Holland and Benedict Cumberbatch worked together, their connection in The Avengers came later.

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