The Electric State is a rather fascinating story. Originally, the story is a postapocalyptic dystopian science fiction graphic novel by Simon Stålenhag (Tales of the Loop). One that features a rather nightmarish future version of the world where giant robots in the form of cartoon characters litter the landscape in a most unsettling way. Stålenhag leaves a lot of the book’s story vague, but that just leaves it open to a lot of interpretation.
Cue Netflix stepping in with their own interpretation of The Electric State in the form of a live-action film. Not only that, but it looks quite action-packed to boot. Don’t believe me? Then let’s check out what Netflix has to offer us here with the first look images, shall we?
Netflix’s The Electric State: First Look Details
Netflix is proud to announce a first look of The Electric State from directors Anthony and Joe Russo and based off of the graphic novel by Simon Stålenhag. Said film will make its debut sometime next year in 2025. As you might expect, you can watch this film only on Netflix.
Fortunately, that’s not all. This first look also includes a series of first look images Netflix is providing to us. You can check them all out below:
First Look Images
Bonus: Synopsis
That’s not quite all, folks! Netflix also has an official synopsis to tease the story of The Electric State. You can check that out below:
The Electric State is a spectacular adventure from the directors of Avengers: Endgame set in an alternate, retro-futuristic version of the 1990s. Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things, Enola Holmes, Damsel) 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, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World), 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, colorful 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 is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and stars Brown, Pratt, Academy Award winner Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Giancarlo Esposito, Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci, and Woody Norman. Mackie, Woody Harrelson, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, and Alan Tudyk lend their talents as the voices of the robots. The film is based on the graphic novel by Simon Stålenhag with a screenplay written by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely.
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