Benedict Cumberbatch is Thomas Edison in The Current War trailer The Weinstein Company has released the first trailer for The Current War, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison. Check out The Current War trailer below, and check out the movie when it comes to theaters on November 24! 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.