The Weinstein Company has released the first photo ofBenedict Cumberbatchas inventorThomas Edisonin the new filmThe Current War. The studio has not issued a release date forThe Current Warat this time, but production started last month on this movie. Here’s whatHarvey Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company, said in a statement about the film when production got under way.
Set in the late 1880s,The Current Wardetails the rivalry betweenThomas EdisonandGeorge Westinghouseand the race to create a marketable and sustainable electricity system. Edison championed the use of a direct current for electric power distribution over an alternating current, which was backed by Westinghouse Electric and a host of European companies. The film’s cast features Academy Award nomineeBenedict Cumberbatchas Thomas Edison alongsideMichael Shannonas George Westinghouse. This first look image comes courtesy ofEntertainment Weekly.
Katherine Waterston(Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,Alien: Covenant) also stars in the film along withTom Holland(Captain America: Civil War,Spider-Man: Homecoming),Matthew Macfadyen(Ripper Street,Anna Karenina) andTuppence Middleton(War & Peace,The Imitation Game). The cast also includesNicholas Hoult(X-Men Apocalypse,Mad Max: Fury Road) in the role ofNikola Tesla. It remains to be seen how long production will last, or when The Weinstein Company will announce a release date.
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon(Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) directs from a script byMichael Mitnick(The Giver).Ben Stillerwas once attached to direct when the film was in development back in 2014.Basil Iwanyk(Wind River,Hotel Mumbai),Timur BekmanbetovandHarvey Weinsteinproducing, withCumberbatchandAdam Acklandexecutive producing. Take a look at this first photo fromThe Current Waras production continues on this upcoming biopic.
