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Jake Gyllenhaal and Benedict Cumberbatch are in talks to star as George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison, respectively, in The Weinstein Co.’s “The Current War”.
According to THR, the film is set “in the late 1880s and revolves around power titans Edison and Westinghouse’s battle over the supply of electricity. Edison championed direct current (DC) for electric-power distribution over alternating current (AC), which was backed by several European companies and Westinghouse Electric.”
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”) is in talks to helm the film from Michael Mitnick’s 2011 Black List script.
