In honor of Nikola Tesla’s 164th birthday today, IFC Films has released the official Tesla trailer for their upcoming biographical drama starring Oscar nominee Ethan Hawke (Boyhood, Training Day), releasing in theaters and on VOD on August 21.
The film, written, directed, and produced by Michael Almerevda (Hamlet), follows inventor Nikola Tesla (Hawke) as he fights an uphill battle to bring his revolutionary electrical system to fruition.
His European nature is at odds with budding American industrialism and the landscape of intellectual property is treacherous and Tesla slowly becomes jailed in his overactive mind.
Increasingly displeased by the greed of fellow inventor Thomas Edison (Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks), Tesla forges his own virtuous but arduous path toward creating the innovative alternate-current motor.