Nolan Fans

Spider-Man: Homecoming star Tom Holland is joining the impressive cast of The Weinstein Company’s The Current War, the Alfonso Gomez-Rejon- directed drama about the battle between George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) and rival Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) to create a sustainable electricity system and market it to the U.S. Katherine Waterston just joined, as Westinghouse’s wife Marguerite Erskine, with Nicholas Hoult playing Nikola Tesla.

Holland, who first brought out his youthful iteration of the webslinger in Captain America: Civil War, here will play Samuel Insull, Edison’s right hand man. Michael Mitnick wrote the script, which takes place in the late 1880s and revolves around the two titans and their battle over the supply of electricity. Edison championed the use of a direct current for electric power distribution over an alternating current, which was backed by Westinghouse Electric and a host of European companies. Timur Bekmambetov will produce with Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk and Film Rites’ Steve Zaillian and Garrett Basch. TWC is eyeing an early December shoot.

Set in the late 1880s, THE CURRENT WAR details the rivalry between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse and the race to create a marketable and sustainable electricity system. Edison championed the use of a direct current for electric power distribution over an alternating current, which was backed by Westinghouse Electric and a host of European companies.