Millie Bobby Brown may soon be saying bye to the ’80s-set “Stranger Things,” but the Netflix staple star isn’t traveling far in time (or space) for her upcoming film “The Electric State.”
Brown leads the adventure feature alongside Marvel alum Chris Pratt, who reunites with his “Avengers: Endgame” co-directors Anthony and Joe Russo for the 1990s-set film. Brown plays Michelle, an orphaned teen who is navigating life in a society where sentient robots resembling cartoons and mascots live in exile after a failed uprising. Yet after Michelle befriends lovable robot Cosmo, who appears to be controlled by her maybe-dead younger brother, she sets out to find the truth about what really happened to her family.
Of course, Brown’s co-star Pratt seems to be continuing his “Guardians of the Galaxy” alter ego by once again playing a futuristic smuggler.
The official synopsis reads: “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 (Pratt), 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 Michelle’s brother Christopher’s disappearance are more sinister than they ever expected.”
In addition to working again with both Pratt and Mackie, the Russos also reunite with “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan after the duo produced the 2022 award juggernaut.
The ensemble cast also includes Jason Alexander, Woody Norman, Giancarlo Esposito, and Stanley Tucci. Woody Harrelson, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Hank Azaria, Colman Domingo, and Alan Tudyk also lend their respective voices to the robot characters of the film.
“The Electric State” is based on the graphic novel by Simon Stålenhag. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely adapted the book for the screen.
Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Angela Russo-Otstot, Chris Castaldi, and Patrick Newall produce the film. The executive producers include “The Flash” director Anthony Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, author Stålenhag, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, Tim Connors, Nick van Dyk, Jake Aust, Geoffrey Haley, Jeffrey Ford, Julia Angelin, Russell Ackerman, and John Schoenfelder. Anthony J. Vorhies, Joseph Micucci, and Murtaza Kathawala co-produce.
“The Electric State” premieres on Netflix in 2025. Check out the teaser below.
