The first images from Joe and Anthony Russo’s The Electric State have been released.
The Electric State is a new sci-movie coming to Netflix in 2025 that is directed by the Russo Brothers. It stars Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, and more.
The first images from The Electric State have been shared by Netflix. The movie sees Brown and Pratt’s character facing off against a group of animatronic robots, led by Planters mascot Mr. Peanut, that are searching for free will.
“These robots had the most benign appearance possible, and they end up feeling that they’re being mistreated and have a desire to be treated as equals with humans, which leads to a war,” Joe Russo said about the film’s plot. “And now you have this strange dichotomy playing out where these very pleasing and palatable service bots are now trying to kill you.”
Check out the images, via Netflix, below:
What else do we know about The Electric State?
Stranger Things’ Brown is playing Michelle, a woman who is searching for her brother who was previously assumed to be dead, in The Electric State, while Pratt portrays a veteran-turned-trucker named Keats. Anthony Mackie is voicing a construction robot named Herman, while the voice of Mr. Peanut comes from Woody Harrelson.
“The Electric State is a spectacular adventure from the directors of Avengers: Endgame set in an alternate, retro-futuristic version of the 1990s,” the synopsis reads. “Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things, Enola Holmes, Damsel) stars as Michelle, an orphaned teenager navigating life in a society where sentient robots resembling cartoons and mascots, who once served peacefully among humans, now live in exile following a failed uprising. Everything Michelle thinks she knows about the world is upended one night when she’s visited by Cosmo, a sweet, mysterious robot who appears to be controlled by Christopher — Michelle’s genius younger brother whom she thought was dead. Determined to find the beloved sibling she thought she had lost, Michelle sets out across the American southwest with Cosmo, and soon finds herself reluctantly joining forces with Keats (Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World), a low-rent smuggler, and his wisecracking robot sidekick, Herman (voiced by Anthony Mackie). As they venture into the Exclusion Zone, a walled-off corner in the desert where robots now exist on their own, Keats and Michelle find a strange, colorful group of new animatronic allies — and begin to learn that the forces behind Christopher’s disappearance are more sinister than they ever expected.”
The cast also includes Ke Huy Quan as Dr. Amherst, Stanley Tucci as Ethan Skate, and Giancarlo Esposito as Colonel Bradbury, while Jenny Slate, Brian Cox, and Alan Tudyk also voice robots in the film.
The Electric State is based on a 2018 graphic novel of the same name by Simon Stålenhag. The screenplay was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.
The Russo Brothers said that acquiring the rights for Harrelson to voice Mr. Peanut took some time, as Planters’ parent company Hormel Foods was initially worried about how the character would be portrayed. Ultimately, Hormel Foods came around to the idea.
The Electric State will be released on Netflix in 2025.
