Millie Bobby Brown's new movie The Electric State looks to have truly epic vibes. Alongside the Stranger Things star, Chris Pratt, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate and Stanley Tucci will also join the cast, and the film is directed by big-time Marvel directors Anthony and Joe Russo.
It's based on a graphic novel by Simon Stålenhag with a screenplay written by Marvel writers Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely – and tells a dystopian tale based in the wake of a robot uprising, with Millie playing an orphan on an expedition across the American West. Call us intrigued.
Here's everything we know about The Electric State.
The Electric State plot
The plot synopsis for The Electric State reads follows: "Set in the aftermath of a robot uprising in an alternate version of the ’90s, The Electric State follows an orphaned teenager who ventures across the American West with a cartoon-inspired robot, a smuggler, and his sidekick in search of her younger brother.
"The film is described as "a spectacular adventure from the directors of Avengers: Endgame set in an alternate, retro-futuristic version of the 1990s. Millie Bobby Brown 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), 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, colourful group of new animatronic allies — and begin to learn that the forces behind Christopher’s disappearance are more sinister than they ever expected.”
The Electric State cast
Joining Millie and Chris will be Everything Everywhere All At Once star Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Giancarlo Esposito, Stanley Tucci and Woody Norman. Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate and Alan Tudyk will also lend their talents as the voices of the robots.
The actor took to Instagram to call out recent comments about her appearance.
The Electric State release date
It drops on Netflix on 14 March.
The Electric State trailer
Watch below for a taster of the big Netflix movie to come!
