NICHOLAS HOULT IS
TESLA IN 'THE CURRENT WAR'
Lovely news coming from 'The Wrap' today: charming young Brit Nicholas Hoult will apparently take the role of legendary Serbian genius and scientist Nikola Tesla in THE CURRENT WAR a movie about Thomas Edison played by Benedict Cumberbatch. THE CURRENT WAR takes place in the late 1880s and revolves around power titans Edison and George Westinghouse’s (Michael Shannon) battle over the supply of electricity. Edison championed the use of a direct current for electric power distribution over an alternating current, which was backed by several European companies and Westinghouse Electric. Although a great scientist, Edison was not a good man, and Tesla, as an honourable and hard working man, later on opposed him often after being mistreated many times by jealous Edison.
'KRYPTON' SF SERIES
CAMERON CUFFE TO PLAY SUPERMAN'S GRANDFATHER
In TV news today, the lead actor has been found for SyFy's sf series KRYPTON: young Cameron Cuffe![]()
will play Superman's grandfather in the series set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet. As 'Deadline' reports, it follows Superman’s grandfather Seg-El, whose House of El was ostracised and shamed, as he fights to redeem his family’s honour and save his beloved world from chaos. Destined to be the ancestor of Jor-El (future father of Superman) and Kal-El (the future Superman), Seg-El is the scion of the once prosperous El family and is blessed with an intuitive brilliance for all things technical. He now is living in Krypton’s lowest caste after his family was stripped of its rank. Georgina Campbell will play Lyta Zod.
In TV news today, the lead actor has been found for SyFy's sf series KRYPTON: young Cameron Cuffe
will play Superman's grandfather in the series set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet. As 'Deadline' reports, it follows Superman’s grandfather Seg-El, whose House of El was ostracised and shamed, as he fights to redeem his family’s honour and save his beloved world from chaos. Destined to be the ancestor of Jor-El (future father of Superman) and Kal-El (the future Superman), Seg-El is the scion of the once prosperous El family and is blessed with an intuitive brilliance for all things technical. He now is living in Krypton’s lowest caste after his family was stripped of its rank. Georgina Campbell will play Lyta Zod. MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE
OPENING SONG REVEALED!
Meanwhile, back in Europe, Italian national broadcaster RAI has released late last night the official video for 'Renaissance' from Skunk Anansie's singer Skin which will serve as the opening song of their lavish new period set epic series MEDICI: MASTERS OF FLORENCE which starts airing over there on October 17th and later on around the world starring Richard Madden as the prince of the famous clan or rulers who takes over the family business and gets into war against its enemies after his father, played by Dustin Hoffman, dies under suspicious circumstances. You can read more about it in our premium spotlight on the series!