The Current War

Theatrical - Wide 2018-02-01

Cast Benedict Cumberbatch Michael Shannon Nicholas Hoult Katherine Waterston Tom Holland
Directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
Directed by Michael Mitnick

Box Office Gross: $12,217,160

Running Time: 108 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Bazelevs, Film Rites, Fourth Floor Productions, 13 Films, Thunder Road

Genres: Drama History

JoBlo's Rating

9/10

Synopsis

Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.

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We talk The Current War with Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon and more!

Posted 7 years ago

To say that this weekend's release of THE CURRENT WAR: DIRECTOR'S CUT is a long time coming is to understate things. The project, about the competition between geniuses Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to power the world with electricity –...

Review: The Current War: Director’s Cut

Posted 7 years ago

PLOT: This is a story inspired by the race between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, one that would ultimately bring electricity to the modern world. REVIEW: It’s no easy feat to make a subject matter like the invention of electricity compelling. Oftentimes, biographical stories play it safe and...

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...

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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 9 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 9 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...

Michael Shannon joins The Current War & Elisabeth Shue has a Death Wish

Posted 10 years ago

Here's a little casting round-up to keep your Thursday fresh and lemon-scented. First off, Deadline reports that Michael Shannon will be joining Benedict Cumberbatch in Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's THE CURRENT WAR as George Westinghouse. The upcoming flick, which stars Cumberbatch 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...