Netflix announces that they have attached one of the world’s biggest directorial duos and several of the world’s biggest stars to a brand new action film that will premiere on the streaming service next year. The film goes by the name The Electric State and depicts how the rise of artificial intelligence in robots in the 1990s led to a full-scale war between humans and robots, and how a peace has since developed – albeit a fragile one.
If you think the title sounds familiar, it’s because it’s based on Simon Stålenhag’s book classic of the same name, which was set in 1997 and featured spectacular yet period design and quickly made him a celebrated sci-fi illustrator.
The Russo brothers sit in the director’s chair and in the famous cast we find, among others, Chris Pratt and Millie Bobby Brown, as well as Ke Huy Quan, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Giancarlo Esposito, Woody Norman, Woody Harrelson, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox and Jenny Slate.
The film’s plot is described as follows:
“The Electric State tells the story of Michelle (Brown), a young woman with a sweet but mysterious robot. The pair team up with an eccentric drifter (Pratt) and set out on a cross-country road trip to find Michelle’s younger brother. Along the way, they have to navigate an electrified, retro-futuristic US landscape.”
Although no trailer for the film has been shown yet, the first images gossip about a slightly different design. However, the question is, can it surpass the often typically mediocre trend of Netflix feature films, what do you think?
It’s been pointed out that it’s unclear whether the Peanut robot is supposed to be in front, behind or next to Millie Bobby Brown, and now we’re honestly not sure either…
