VIDEO : Jake Gyllenhaal, Benedict Cumberbatch to Star in New Movie

Jake Gyllenhaal and Benedict Cumberbatch are in talks to play George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison in The Weinstein Company?s ?The Current War.? The movie takes place in the late-1880s and revolves around power titans Edison and Westinghouse?s battle over the supply of electricity. Edison championed direct current for electric power distribution over alternating current, which was backed by several European companies and Westinghouse Electric. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is in talks to direct the film which was written by Michael Mitnick.