Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Benedict Cumberbatch sheds light on our future in The Current War trailer

Posted 7 years ago

101 Studios is here to light up your Tuesday afternoon by sharing a new trailer for THE CURRENT WAR, an upcoming historical drama that tells the story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to...

Uma Thurman takes a role in Netflix supernatural drama Chambers

Posted 8 years ago

Earlier this year, we heard that Netflix had given a 10 episode series order to a supernatural drama titled Chambers. Now the series has found its first cast member, and it's an actress who has me even more interested in...

The Current War about Edison, Westinghouse, and Tesla releases new trailer

Posted 9 years ago

Wow, okay. I think they're trying to make Edison the good guy in this situation? That's…not good. Anyway, THE CURRENT WAR starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison, Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse, Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla just released a...

Weinstein Co. sets Mary Magdalene, Current War & Wind River in Oscar slots

Posted 10 years ago

The Weinstein Company hasn’t been a major player in the Oscar race in a few years, with last year’s hopefuls – mainly THE FOUNDER– not getting much attention (despite its great reception). But the studio still has some hopeful aces...

Check out Benedict Cumberbatch as famous smarty-pants, Thomas Edison

Posted 10 years ago

Benedict Cumberbatch seems like he has a personal goal of playing every famous smart guy in history in movies. He’s played Julian Assange in THE FIFTH ESTATE, and was nominated for an Oscar in the acclaimed THE IMITATION GAME. Now,...

Spider-Man: Homecoming’s Tom Holland in talks to join The Current War

Posted 10 years ago

Although neither Tom Holland nor Benedict Cumberbatch have shared the screen in a Marvel flick (yet), Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's upcoming tale of battling electrical power titans may team-up two of Marvel's newest heroes as Deadline is reporting that Holland is currently...

It’s the Booze Talkin’: Genre Nostalgia proves rewarding in Stranger Things!

Posted 10 years ago

Nostalgia can be a tricky thing when it comes to entertainment. If you rely too heavily on it, audiences can turn on you very quickly. However, like it or not it has become a huge part of the movie going...

Hulu is set to order two more original genre pilots

Posted 11 years ago

Hulu is already making genre waves with its original content like the upcoming Stephen King adaptation 11/22/63, but they aren't stopping there. The streaming company is currently closing deals to order two more intriguing pilots. The first of these is...

Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon exits Will Smith drama Collateral Beauty

Posted 11 years ago

The Allan Loeb-scripted drama COLLATERAL BEAUTY just can't catch a break. First the planned movie lost its leading man, then Rooney Mara left the project last month, and now New Line is on the hunt for a new director, as...

Gyllenhaal & Cumberbatch in talks for Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s The Current War

Posted 11 years ago

THR has learned that Jake Gyllenhaal and Benedict Cumberbatch are in talks to star as George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison in The Weinstein Co.'s THE CURRENT WAR, a film about the Edison-Westinghouse feud over the distribution of electricity. Although ME...

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