The Electric State: Netflix Lands Russo Brothers’ Film With Millie Bobby Brown To Star and Chris Pratt in Talks To Join Her
Netflix has landed the Russo Brothers, Joe and Anthony's film titled The Electric State. Millie Bobby Brown has been cast and Chris Pratt may co-star. The film will focus on a teenager who is an orphan, searching for her brother with a robot and a strange drifter.
Joe and Anthony Russo's next directing venture The Electric State, starring Millie Bobby Brown, has found a home at streaming platform Netflix. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the development comes after nearly half a year of negotiations. The movie was previously set up at Universal Pictures, which eventually passed up the deal due to budget issues. The new budget is more than USD 200 million, said sources. Stranger Things 4 Volume 2 Trailer: Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour’s Netflix Show Is Ready for an Intense Finale.
The Electric State, based on the acclaimed 2018 graphic novel by Simon Stalenhag of Tales from the Loop fame, is a reunion of sorts.
This marks the second big-budget collaboration of the Russo Brothers, known for Marvel Studios blockbusters Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, with the streamer following The Gray Man, the action movie which premieres in July.
Brown, the star of Netflix's Stranger Things series and Enola Holmes film franchise, will headline The Electric State, with Chris Pratt, who featured in the Russos' Avengers films, in talks to join her.
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, whose credits include The Gray Man and the Avengers movies, will adapt Stalenhag's novel for screen.
The story follows an orphaned teenager, played by Brown, who traverses an American West that is reminiscent of a retro-future with a sweet but mysterious robot and an eccentric drifter in search of her younger brother. The Gray Man: First Look of Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas Out from the Russo Brothers’ Film.
Russos are also producing the feature film via their AGBO banner, along with the company's co-founder, Mike Larocca. Chris Castaldi and Patrick Newall are also credited as producers. Markus, McFeely, Angela Russo-Otstot, Jake Aust, and Geoff Haley are attached to executive produce the movie. Production is expected to begin later this year in Atlanta.