The Current War
is the dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.
Directed by
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
and written by
Michael Mitnick
, the film stars
Benedict Cumberbatch as Edison
,
Michael Shannon as Westinghouse
and
Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla
, alongside
Tom Holland
,
Katherine Waterston
,
Tuppence Middleton
, and
Matthew Macfadyen
.
Martin Scorsese
also serves as an executive producer.