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THE CURRENT WAR
Jake Gyllenhaal is in the midst of talks to join Benedict Cumberbatch in The Weinstein Company’s Thomas Edison period drama The Current War, while Me and Earl and the Dying Girl helmer Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is in talks to direct.
The spec, which sold to The Weinstein Co. in 2012, follows the intense rivalry between inventors Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse as they battled to be the first to commercially implement a practical system of electricity.
Stiller is circling to direct with The Weinstein Co. in talks to produce.
“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” helmer takes on 2011 Black List script!
Logline: Chronicles the battle between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse as they fight over one of mankind’s greatest creations – electricity.
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Logline: Chronicles the battle between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse as they fight over one of mankind’s greatest creations – electricity.