The Current War
Rival inventors and businessman Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse are lock in a titanic struggle for ascendence of the future of electrical energy in the first trailer forThe Current War . The Weinstein Company produced the historic drama , written by Michael Mitnick ( Vinyl ) and directed by Alfonso Gomez - Rejon ( Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ) .
Benedict Cumberbatchstars as Edisonthe great American inventor , who wants to light up the world with his lineal current electrical system . pit him is staggeringly wealthy engineer and businessman George Westinghouse , played by Michael Shannon , who want to carve out his own patch of the electrified future . Westinghouse ’s wild card in the battle with Edison is the brilliant young inventor Nikola Tesla , play by Nicholas Hoult .
The trailer forThe Current War(viaeOne Films ) pose out the conflict for mastery at the heart of the movie . On one side is the scrappy Edison , who knows that his great invention will change the world always , and wants to assure that he himself reaps the fiscal rewards . On the other side is the wealthy Westinghouse , who is already established as a behemoth of industriousness but knows that if he does n’t get in on the electric revolution , he will be leave behind . The trailer cagily have off until the end on introducing the pic ’s third major character , the flaky artificer Nikola Tesla , who will change the game forever by introducing alternating electric current , a competing and superior electric arrangement to Edison ’s direct stream .
Mostly made up of fast dialog snip and look-alike that tease the moving picture ’s flow setting and give a sense of its temper , the trailer gives away slight in damage of plot . The cartridge clip largely sets the motion picture up as a showcase for its two lead actors , Cumberbatch and Shannon , with the third hint Hoult as something of a mystery instrumentalist . hand the film ’s capable matter and look , Cumberbatch and Shannon will no doubt both generate Oscar buzz with their performance .
Visually the plastic film is bound to trace comparability withChristopher Nolan’sThe Prestige , which also featured the character of Nikola Tesla ( played unforgettably by David Bowie ) . In terminal figure of subject subject and handling , however , the plastic film is already being compared to David Fincher’sThe Social web . How will Mitnick and Gomez - Rejon make this story of a century - old rivalry between a couple of challenging , egotistical and stubborn men into the stuff of compelling dramatic play ? It help oneself having role player the caliber of Cumberbatch and Shannon in the central part , but the tale will still have a great deal of employment to do in sell the audience on why they should become involved in what feels like an obscure number of history .
The Current Waralso stars Katherine Waterston , Tom Holland , Tuppence Middleton and Matthew Macfadyen .
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Source : eOne Films
