Building 'The Electric State': The Russo Brothers Share Their Vision

The Electric State is Netflix's latest big-budget sci-fi adventure film. The movie, which premiered Friday on the streamer, is an adaptation of Simon Stålenhag's dystopian graphic novel. It takes viewers into an alternate version of 1994. It's set in a very different-looking America amid the backdrop of a country still putting itself together after a civil war between robots and humans tore cities apart. If that sounds bleak, it's because the original subject matter is exactly that. Stålenhag's story, like much of his work, is laden with beautiful imagery that offsets a sorrowful narrative. In The Electric State, Millie Bobby Brown plays Michelle, a young woman who ventures into the post-apocalyptic maw to find her missing brother. Remnants of the robot war litter America's countryside, leaving the mission feeling impossible. That is until she meets Keats (played by Chris Pratt) and his robot sidekick Herman (voiced by Anthony Mackie). Together, they face a cavalcade of odd character ... Read full article.