George Westinghouse Archives

Benedict Cumberbatch is Thomas Edison, the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing electricity to Manhattan with his radical new DC technology.  On the eve of triumph, his plans are upended by charismatic businessman George Westinghouse (Shannon) who believes he and his partner, the upstart genius Nikolai Tesla (Hoult), have a superior idea for how[...]

The movie will focus on the rivalry between Edison and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) in the late 1880's, as both try to come up with a sustainable electricity system Alongside Cumberbatch and Shannon, is Nicholas Hoult as Nikola Tesla, Tom Holland, Katherine Waterson, Matthew Macfadyen, and Tuppence Middleton. The Current War doesn't currently have a release[...]