PG-13 | 1h 47min | Drama, Biography, History | 25 October 2019 (USA)
In most cases, when a feature film release is delayed for more than two years, it’s for one of three reasons. It’s either a stinker that no one wants and the studio wishes to get it off the books, it was made by a studio that ran out of money and can’t distribute it, or it was only recently completed long after the initial wrap. Luckily, none of those are why “The Current War: Director’s Cut” took so long to see the light of day.
The film was slated to be a Christmas 2017 release from The Weinstein Company and was shelved until 2019 due to co-founder Harvey Weinstein’s legal issues and the subsequent dissolving of the studio. Prior to release, it was tossed around like a hot potato until finally landing in the lap of upstart 101 Studios….