Katherine Waterston signs on for 'The Current War'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Katherine Waterston has rapidly become one of the rising stars of Hollywood. Within the last few years she’s worked with directors like Paul Thomas Anderson and Danny Boyle and now she’s signed on to a very enticing project. According to Deadline, Waterston has signed on to star in The Current War alongside Benedict Cumberbatch.

            This is a movie that I’ve already been very excited about for many reasons. With Waterston being added to the movie it now boasts a tremendous cast that includes Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon and Nicholas Hoult. In addition, Sienna Miller is also in talks to join the movie as well. The Current War takes place in the late 1880s and revolves around George Westinghouse (played by Shannon) and his rival Thomas Edison (played by Cumberbatch) as they battle to create electricity and promote it to the United States. The movie will be directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and he directed my favorite movie of last year, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, so I’d be on board with whatever he’s directing next but this seems to be a great next project for him.

            Waterston had a breakout role in Inherent Vice and has since starred in Steve Jobs and is set to star alongside Eddie Redmayne in the Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. In addition to her joining this movie, she’s also set to work some more notable filmmakers in Steven Soderbergh’s Logan Lucky and Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant.