2019 Movies : Historical

With Tom Holland • Benedict Cumberbatch • Nicholas Hoult • Timur Bekmambetov • Basil Iwanyk • Katherine Waterston • Michael Shannon • Martin Scorsese • Michael Mitnick • Ann Ruark • Matthew Macfadyen • Steven Zaillian • Garrett Basch • Steve Zaillian • Alfonso Gomez-Rejon • Michele Wolkoff • Tuppence Middleton • Adam Sidman • Adam Ackland

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 (Michael Shannon), who believes he and his partner, the upstart genius Nikolai Tesla (Nicholas Hoult), have a superior idea for how to rapidly electrify America: with AC current. As Edison and Westinghouse grapple for who will power the nation, they spark one of the first and greatest corporate feuds in American history, establishing for future Titans of Industry the need to break all the rules.

With Tom Holland • Benedict Cumberbatch • Nicholas Hoult • Timur Bekmambetov • Basil Iwanyk • Katherine Waterston • Michael Shannon • Martin Scorsese • Michael Mitnick • Ann Ruark • Matthew Macfadyen • Steven Zaillian • Garrett Basch • Steve Zaillian • Alfonso Gomez-Rejon • Michele Wolkoff • Tuppence Middleton • Adam Sidman • Adam Ackland

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 (Michael Shannon), who believes he and his partner, the upstart genius Nikolai Tesla (Nicholas Hoult), have a superior idea for how to rapidly electrify America: with AC current. As Edison and Westinghouse grapple for who will power the nation, they spark one of the first and greatest corporate feuds in American history, establishing for future Titans of Industry the need to break all the rules.