While we are talking about fiction, science fiction and non-fiction stories of little importance, many filmmakers are currently exploding with ideas to make films based on Nikola Tesla’s life and work. It all happens like a thunder, explosion from the heavens, with studios and independent filmmakers alike. They are actively seeking investors, crowd funding and sponsorships, partnerships with studios, while simultaneously doing the hard work of script writing, research, and casting.

It seems like the world is awakening, an angelus force is impacting our consciousness. Up to this point, history has been filtered in many ways, and most people believed the media and the government. But with such an activist-like attitude, that is going to change. As people, we are starting to think Tesla’s way, bringing awareness of using free energy, caring about the environment and looking at the future with his eyes. In this article, I will discuss all the rumored current productions (in no particular order) and give brief information about them.

In addition to the films listed below, there are many other much lesser known Tesla productions that difficult to obtain information on. There have been many unsuccessful crowd funding attempts by many other independent filmmakers. All of these productions happen to have been attempted in 2013. Hopefully, the films below will make you curious to see what is going to happen in the future?

Tesla (2015)

Directed by Michael Anton

Currently, in a preproduction stage, director Michael Anton is gathering the team and the cast for one of the largest independent film productions based on Tesla. Branko Tomovic is the actor is playing Nikola Tesla, and the film is getting an incredible amount of press. The project seems to be quite popular in Serbia and the United States, and is getting a lot of support from the public. According to an interview with www.wild-rooster.com, Anton wanted to make this film because he researched the life of Nikola Tesla much deeper after being inspired by a few friends. He felt an injustice done to Tesla, and decided to take action.

Tomorrowland (2015)

Directed by Brad Bird

Disney Studios are turning inventive. Starring George Clooney and Britt Robertson, with Hugh Laurie as the villain, Tomorrowland is a science fiction film, with rumors that it was influenced by Nikola Tesla’s vision of the future. The plot of the film has not leaked to the public yet, but there are characters like Frank Walker, an inventor and Athena, a robot, from where we can suspect “the secret muse.” The final date of release is expected to be on May 22nd, 2015.

Tesla and the Lamplighter (2014)

Animation by Studio Ringishpil, Belgrade, Serbia

Studio Ringishpil is currently in production of the short animated film Tesla and the Lamplighter. The story follows Nikola Tesla while living in the west, being ignored and torn for his innovative ideas, and then inspired again by a little girl to get back to work. The cartoon is written and directed by Branislav Brkich, and the expected release is some time in 2014.

Tower to the People: Tesla’s Dream (2014)

Directed by Joseph Sikorski

Joseph Sikorski is a dedicated and true fan of Tesla’s life and work, and has been involved in researching and working on raising the awareness of Tesla for the last fourteen years. As a result, a documentary written by himself and Michael Calomino called Tower to the People: Tesla’s Dream is going to be released on his birthday in July 2014. The documentary is about the site of the last remaining lab, where the inventor dreamed of sending wireless energy to the entire world from a 187 foot tower he constructed. The tower is gone, but a crowd funding effort saved the historic lab building. Tower to the People examines Tesla’s work performed at Wardenclyffe, and explores the past, the present, and the future of this historically important and symbolic site. It includes interviews from the many people who have dedicated their time in preserving Tesla’s legacy like William Terbo (Tesla’s great grand-nephew), Serbian Consulate General Mirjana Zivkovic, author Marc Seifer, Tesla historian Gary Peterson, internet comic Matthew Inman (The Oatmeal), and so many others.

This documentary is being made to bring attention to the Tesla Museum at Wardenclyffe. Though the last lab of Nikola Tesla on the planet has been saved, the restoration effort will take many millions of dollars to create a world-class museum to honor the greatest inventor of all time.

Fragments from Olympus: The Vision of Nikola Tesla (2014)

Directed by Joseph Sikorski

www.fragmentsfromolympus.com

A continuation of Tower to the People, Fragments of Olympus: The Vision of Nikola Tesla is an award-winning screenplay for a feature film written by Joseph Sikorski and Michael Calomino, with a cast featuring Mickey Rooney, Sean Young, Michael Lerner, Leo Rossi, Don Swayze; and cinematographer Howard J. Smith. It has a unique approach telling the story posthumously through the true-life FBI investigation into Tesla’s research. The writers believe that by using the FBI investigation death ray as a hook, it will help a much larger audience get exposed to Nikola Tesla’s work. It is two stories – the FBI investigation, and Tesla’s biography, in one film. The research includes pouring over hundreds of recently declassified FBI documents.

Fragments from Olympus has been featured in all major international news outlets like the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Business Week, Pravda, Da Rijjd, the New Zealand Herald, and others. Due to the passionate volunteer work behind the film, it is the only production supported by the three major Tesla organizations – The Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, The Tesla Science Foundation, and the Tesla Memorial Society.

Return of Tesla: Infinity and Eternity (2014)

Produced by Roman Tolic

www.returnoftesla.com

This is the most unique film ever made about Tesla. It is way beyond his materialistic inventions and visions of the future of the world – it is about a man born in Serbia in 1966, with the same name, Nikola Tesla, who claims to be the reincarnation of old Tesla. His incredible stories include the awakening of humanity, raising the awareness of the global issues, protecting and preserving the environment, and becoming spiritual. Other stories include his ability to travel to the past and the future, going to different dimensions, conversations with angels and working on projects involving ethereal technology – what people will use in the future. His first message is that people cannot use his technology properly without understanding that there are no boundaries to the universe, and without being spiritual. His second message is that we are all energy, we are infinite and eternal – we never die.

Return of Tesla: Infinity and Eternity is currently in postproduction and scheduled to be released in 2014, and premiered in Vienna, Austria. Producer Roman Tolic is also hoping to make a film series about Tesla’s new inventions and projects – Return of Tesla: The Holy Grail.

Tesla, the Ruler of the World (2015)

Directed by Mike Newell

Universal Studios is also getting in on the action with Tesla, the Ruler of the World. According to Digital Spy and Collider, The film is starring Vladimir Rajcic, Christian Bale, Nicholas Cage, and Lolita Davidovic, the film is going to tell the story of the rivalry between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison in the nineteenth century. The plans are to film in Belgrade and in the US. Production is scheduled to start in a few months.

My Inventions (2008)

A short film produced by Robin Weiner

and directed by Robert Holbrook

A 15-minute film, screened at a number of film festivals in Canada and the US, an award winning and a nominee for several awards. It is a quality short with a lot of information, describing Tesla’s invention of alternate electric current and wireless communication, and his close relationships with business investors and friends.