Netflix shares the first images from the Russo brothers’ new epic sci-fi film The Electric State, and no one knows what to think
Netflix has finally unveiled some first images from its next big-budget sci-fi film The electrical condition – and based on the initial online reactions, no one quite knows what to think.
The official screenshots (below) offer the first glimpse of Joe and the next expensively put together Netflix sci-fi buddy comedy from Joe and Anthony Russo, aka the Russo brothers. The directing duo, best known for their work on numerous Marvel films, has assembled an all-star cast The electrical conditionof Stranger things‘ Millie Bobby Brown and Guardians of the Galaxy’s Chris Pratt installed as co-leads.
Here’s a first look at Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt in The Electric State. Directed by the Russo Brothers. Coming in 2025. After a robot uprising in the 1990s, an orphaned teenager travels the American West in search of her brother with a robot, a smuggler and his sidekick. pic.twitter.com/SOO9uizt3XOctober 1, 2024
The upcoming film, one of the new Netflix films of 2025, is based on the dystopian sci-fi graphic novel of the same name by Simon Stålenhag. Set in a 1997 alternate reality, the multifaceted Swedish artist’s book follows a teenage girl and her robot companion as they traverse the southwestern US following a technology-based catastrophe.
What is the plot of The Electric State about? And who else is part of the cast?
If The electrical condition The film adaptation’s logline suggests that Netflix has slightly altered the story of the source material to tell an expanded story that places more emphasis on current topics, including artificial intelligence, plus universal themes about what it means to be human. Here’s an extended plot description, courtesy of a Netflix press release for anyone who wants more details:
Set in an alternate, retro-futuristic version of the 1990s, Brown stars as Michelle, an orphaned teenager navigating life in a society where sentient robots resembling cartoons and mascots once lived peacefully among humans. served, now living in exile after a failed uprising. .
Everything Michelle thinks she knows about the world is turned upside down one night when she is visited by Cosmo, a sweet, mysterious robot who seems to be controlled by Christopher – Michelle’s genius younger brother who she thought was dead. Determined to find the beloved sibling she thought she had lost, Michelle journeys across the American Southwest with Cosmo, and soon finds herself reluctantly joining forces with Keats (Pratt), a low-rent smuggler, and his funny robot sidekick, Herman (voiced by Anthony Mackie).
“While venturing into the Exclusion Zone, a walled corner of the desert where robots now exist on their own, Keats and Michelle find a strange, colorful group of new animatronic allies – and begin to discover that the forces behind Christopher’s disappearance are more sinister than they ever expected.”
In addition to Brown, Pratt and Mackie, Ke Huy Quan (Loki), Jason Alexander, Woody Norman, Giancarlo Esposito (The Mandalorian), and Stanley Tucci (Citadel). Woody Harrelson (Zombieland), Brian Cox (Succession), Jenny Slate (It ends with us), Hank Azaria (The Simpsons), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), and Alan Tudyk (Star Wars: Rogue One) are also part of the film’s supporting voice cast.
What are people saying about the electric state?
Like I said, The electrical condition is only tentatively scheduled for release sometime in 2025. However, given the mixed opinions I’ve already seen about it online, I can’t say for certain that it deserves a spot on our best Netflix movies list yet.
While the film looks visually impressive and features a talented cast full of household names, films of this size and budget can’t simply rely on their A-list and looks to make ends meet. Viewers want the content to match the style of a film, until we get an idea of how The electrical condition sounds and feels – a trailer would help, Netflix – it’s impossible to say whether it will be one of the best new films we’ll see next year.
That doesn’t stop people from giving their opinions The electrical condition‘s debut photos do. Discussions on forums such as ResetEra And Reddit are full of fans giving their opinions on, well, everything. Fans have plenty to say about the upcoming film, from the skilled but polarizing cast and the Russo brothers’ post-MCU track record, to the blockbuster’s apparently huge budget and even the hairstyles that Michelle, Keats and Quan’s Doctor Amherst have. .
Obviously there’s nothing left The electrical condition is safe from criticism and/or praise before it arrives on the world’s best streaming service. So buckle up folks, it’s going to be a bumpy ride leading up to the eventual launch.