Chris Pratt is set to star in a new Netflix movie, The Electric Stateand information about the cast, story and more is emerging. The Electric State is directed by MCU veterans the Russo Brothers, marking their tenth feature film together and second original film for Netflix. THE the film is based on the 2018 dystopian science fiction comic book of the same name, by Simon Stålenhag, and is set in an alternative version of the 1990s, where a robot joins forces with a young girl to find her missing brother.
The film rights were acquired in 2017, and there was a long pre-production phase, with the release of the Russos Citadel, The Gray Manand Cherry in the following years. News about The Electric State It's been a long time coming, likely a symptom of how long it's been in gestation, but now that filming has wrapped, more and more news has been released about the release date, the cast, the story, along with some interesting conversations between the stars of the film. .
Latest News from the Electric State
Netflix reveals a trailer for the upcoming film
Netflix's next potential multi-million dollar hit is now on the release schedule, and the latest news comes in the form of a trailer for The Electric State. THE trailer opens with narration from Millie Bobbie Brown's Michelle, who describes the world after a suppressed robot uprisingand she laments the disconnection between people caused by the rise of technology. After her brother goes missing, Michelle teams up with robots and Chris Pratt's Keats to embark on a cross-country adventure to find him. Things are not easy, however, and they encounter resistance from both humans and robots.
The Electric State release date
Millie Bobbie Brown movie arrives in March 2025
Although the film has been a long time coming, Netflix has finally drawn The Electric State on the schedule for 2025. Millie Bobbie Brown's blockbuster will arrive on the platform on March 14, 2025more than two years after filming ends in February 2023. The Russo Brothers film has an estimated budget of more than $300 million and needs to be a hit for Netflix. While hits are a little harder to define without box office numbers, there's a lot at stake The Electric State to be successful.
The Electrical State Cast Details
Millie Bobbie Brown was the first cast member announced for The Electric State. She will star as the film's protagonist, Michelle, an orphaned teenager, alongside Chris Pratt as a mysterious smuggler, Keats. Michelle Yeoh, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Brian Cox, and Jenny Slate were announced as cast members in August 2022. Cox and Slate will voice robot characters. Woody Norman's Come on, come on was added to the cast in October 2022 and will play Michelle's long-lost brother Christopher.
Yeoh was supposed to play a doctor character in the film, but had to leave the film due to scheduling conflicts (through Variety). Ke Huy Quan (Everything everywhere at the same time) was selected to replace it. Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and Billy Bob Thornton (The Gray Man, Fargo) are set to voice Pratt's robotic sidekick and a key Civil War figure, respectively, in The Electric State. Giancarlo Esposito completes the cast as the antagonist Marshall, a robotic drone that hunts Michelle.
The confirmed cast of The Electric State includes:
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Millie Bobbie Brown |
Michelle |
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Chris Pratt |
Keats |
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Ke Huy Quan |
Dr. |
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Stanley Tucci |
Ethan Skate |
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Woody Norman |
Christopher |
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Martin Klebba |
Herman |
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Giancarlo Esposito |
Colonel Marshall Bradbury |
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Jason Alexandre |
Unknown |
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Woody Harrelson |
Mr Peanut |
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Anthony Mackie |
Herman |
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Brian Cox |
Popfly |
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Jenny Slate |
Friend Penny |
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Alan Tudyk |
Cosmo |
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Billy Bob Thornton |
Unknown |
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The details of the history of the electrical state
The story, based on the novel by Simon Stålenhag, follows Michelle (Brown), a teenager who is left alone after her parents die and her younger brother disappears. Set in an alternative United States in the mid-1990s The Electric State depicts the world after a civil war has been fought between humans and robots. In this post-apocalyptic American West, robots still roam, some friendly and some dangerous. Michelle sets out into a dangerous land to find her brother at the behest of a robot she knows.
On her journey, Michelle meets a mysterious smuggler (Pratt) and his robot sidekick (Mackie), as well as another strange robot who she invites on her journey when she discovers it was her brother who sent him. Michelle and the smuggler encounter many other robots on their mission and one in particular, Marshall (Esposito), appears to be personally motivated to stop Michelle and kill your robot companion. Michelle will certainly meet many other characters along the way, including a doctor played by Quan.
As the youngest actor announced, it is likely that Woody Norman will play Michelle's younger brother in The Electric State. The images from the comics can also help paint a picture of what the film will involve, and from the wide views, the decaying robots and the few characters, The Electric State seems to be more a quiet character study than an action-packed thriller in line with previous Russo Brothers projects. There will undoubtedly be some emotions with Pratt's hiring, but this could be a more in-house performance than he typically delivers.
The Electric State Trailer
Watch the trailer below
Shortly after announcing the film's release date, Netflix released an exciting trailer to The Electric State. The preview begins with Brown's Michelle lamenting the world after a failed robot uprising and man's growing attachment to technology. Her brother goes missing and she decides to embark on an epic journey to find him with the help of a smuggler named Keats (Pratt) and some friendly bots. Along the way, Michelle and her team encounter all kinds of resistance, as both humans and robots seem determined to stop her.