The Current War: The Director’s Cut (2019)
Lantern Entertainment / Bazelevs Production / Thunder Road Films

Director: Alfonso-Gomez Rejon
Executive Producers: Martin Scorsese, Timur Bekmambetov, Basil Iwanyk

The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.

Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Nicholas Hoult, Tom Holland, Katherine Waterston, & Tuppence Middleton

US Theatrical Release Date | 10.25.2019

"Mary had a little lamb..."
Samuel Insull (Tom Holland) persuades Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) to finally bring the phonograph to market.

"He's fighting dirty, you should too."
George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) & Franklin Pope (Stanley Townsend) discuss the fight against Edison.

"I've heard the story myself."
Mary Edison (Tuppence Middleton) talks to a reporter about her husband & shows signs of her illness.

"Never going to be anything named Tesla ever again."
Nikolai Tesla (Nicholas Hoult) is fired by his business partners.

"This isn't like everything else, this is everything else."
Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) & Samuel Insull (Tom Holland) argue over the future of electricity.

"Don't you think a fence is a unique creation?"
Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) & George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) finally meet after their long battle.