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Netflix has released the official trailer for the Russo Brothers’ “The Electric State,” starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt.
Set in an alternative America in the mid-1990s, “The Electric State” stars Brown as Michelle, a young girl traveling across the country in search of her missing brother in the wake of a civil war between humanity and the robots that once served them. Pratt plays Keats, a smuggler she meets along the way.
The cast also includes Stanley Tucci as Ethan Skate; Giancarlo Esposito as Colonel Marshall Bradbury; Woody Norman as Michelle’s missing brother; and Ke Huy Quan as Dr. Amherst. Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton, Woody Harrelson, Jenny Slate, Jason Alexander, Alan Tudyk and Brian Cox voice characters in the sci-fi adventure film.
Anthony and Joe Russo directed the film from a script written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. “The Electric State” is based on the illustrated novel of the same name by Swedish atrtist Simon Stålenhag.
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The Russos, best known for directing Marvel blockbusters “Avengers: Endgame” and “Avengers: Infinity War,” have been developing the project since 2017. They are producing along with AGBO co-founder Mike Larocca, and Chris Castaldi and Patrick Newall. “The Electric State” executive produced by Markus, McFeely, Angela Russo-Otstot, Jake Aust, Geoff Haley and Jeff Ford.
“The Electric State” debuts on March 14, 2025. Watch the full trailer below.
