The Weinstein Company is seeking a director for a new film, «The current war«, Biopic of thomas edison, which will narrate the War of the Currents.
La War of the Currents it was a battle between Edison and George Westinghouse for dominance of the power industry in the late XNUMXs.
The project has been going on for a long time and he had originally been involved as a director Timur Bekmambetov, director of the film "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."
After the initial project did not materialize, The Weinstein Company has acquired the rights to the script of this film written by Michael Mitnick and, astonished with the first trailer of the new work of Ben Stiller «The Secret Life of Walter Mitty«, They already think of him for the direction.
Bekmambetov might not be left out altogether, as he seems to be interested in producing the film alongside steven zillian y Garrett basch with the Bazelevs seal.
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