THE CURRENT WAR Movie Trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, & Nicholas Hoult Compete Over Electricity

The Current War Trailer

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon‘s The Current War (2017) movie trailer has been released by 101 Studios and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Katherine Waterston, and Tom Holland.

Plot Synopsis

The Current War‘s plot synopsis: “The epic story of the cutthroat competition between the greatest inventors of the industrial age over whose electrical system would power the new century. Backed by J.P. Morgan, Thomas Edison dazzles the world by lighting Manhattan. But Westinghouse, aided by Nikola Tesla, has seen fatal flaws in Edison’s direct current design. Igniting a war of currents, Westinghouse and Tesla bet everything on risky and dangerous alternating current.”

Cast and crew

The Current War also stars Tuppence Middleton, Damien Molony, John Schwab, Colin Stinton, Celyn Jones, Amy Marston, and Matthew Macfadyen.

Michael Mitnick wrote the screenplay for this film.

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The Current War Trailer