‘The Current War’ Release Date Set For October After Two Year Delay

After premiering in the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, The Current War was set to start in November of that year. The movie was supposed to be a Weinstein Company release, but as soon as the sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein effectively murdered TWC, The Current War was pulled from the launch schedule. The movie — which tells the story of the conflict between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse — will see the light of day.

Remember The Current War? If you don ’ t it s fine. The drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon was supposed to start on November 24, 2017, only to be hauled in the aftermath of this Harvey Weinstein allegations. We have the solution, although there was some confusion regarding whether or not audiences would get to see the movie. 101 Studios owns the movie, and they plan to release this year, opening it in select theaters on October 4, 2019, and on October 11, 2019. Here’s the official synopsis:

Three brilliant visionaries set off in a battle in The Current War, the epic story of the cutthroat competition that literally lit up the world. Benedict Cumberbatch is Thomas Edison, the celebrity inventor on the verge of bringing power to Manhattan with his radical DC technology. On the eve of triumph, his aims are upended by charismatic businessman George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon), who thinks he and his spouse, the upstart genius Nikolai Tesla (Nicholas Hoult), possess a superior idea for how to quickly electrify America: with AC current. As Edison and Westinghouse vie for who will power the nation, they spark one of the first and biggest feuds in American history, establishing for future Titans of Industry the need.

I saw The Current War in TIFF, and I found it to be largely enjoyable. That said, director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon was unhappy with the version shown at the fest. “I knew in my heart, and every fiber of my body was saying, it’s not ready. I was drowning in notesto the point I was addressing them more than editing the movie,” the director told Deadline.

Harvey Weinstein apparently wasn’t happy because he started recutting the film after the premiere, something that upset Gomez-Rejon. After The Weinstein Company fell apart Gomez-Rejon was given a second opportunity to get things right. Since then, he s recut the movie into the model he wanted. “Everything lost is there now, including the right pacing that escalates the tension between these two men,” He said. “The center of the movie is restored. ”

Along with Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon, The Current War also stars Katherine Waterston, Tom Holland, Tuppence Middleton, Matthew Macfadyen, and Nicholas Hoult.

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