‘The Electric State’: Millie Bobby Brown Will Star In Sci-Fi Film From The Russo Brothers
By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 18, 2020 3:00 pm EST
Deadline has the scoop that the Russo Brothers will direct Millie Bobby Brown in The Electric State, based on the book by Simon Stålenhag. The film is set in an alternative future, and “tells the story of a teenage girl (Millie Bobby Brown) who realizes that a strange but sweet robot who comes to her has actually been sent by her missing brother. She and the robot set out to find the brother in an imaginative world of humans mixing with all manner of robots, uncovering a grand conspiracy in the process.” The book jacket has a more detailed synopsis:
In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her small yellow toy robot travel west through a strange American landscape where the ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside, along with the discarded trash of a high-tech consumerist society addicted to a virtual-reality system. As they approach the edge of the continent, the world outside the car window seems to unravel at an ever faster pace, as if somewhere beyond the horizon, the hollow core of civilization has finally caved in.
“We’re thrilled to have this deal with Universal who has committed to a theatrical release of Electric State,” the Russos said. “This is incredible news for us as filmmakers, and for audiences around the world who want an opportunity to experience films in theaters again. This is also a positive sign that, as vaccines become available, the theatrical market is returning.”
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who worked with the Russos on several Marvel films, are handling the script. “We’d have Joe and Anthony direct everything that we write and were excited the timing worked out for them to come on as directors,” McFeely said. “What’s nice about this is the themes of Electric State syncs up with their interests in technology and feels like the perfect property for them.”
