The Netflix trailer “The Electric State” introduces a world full of robots

“The Electric State” is alive.

The new sci-fi adventure from Anthony and Joe Russo (directors of “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Endgame”) stars Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt – and you can get your first look at the robot-filled wilderness world in the brand new trailer, which will be released on Thursday. Check it out below.

The film is based on the graphic novel by Simon Stålenhag (whose work also inspired the Prime Video series Tales From the Loop) and is set in an alternate 1990s that has survived a robot uprising using animatronics developed by Walt Disney Disneyland began to gain awareness. Now the robots live in exile.

Brown plays Michelle, an orphaned teenager living in this post-apocalyptic society whose missing brother contacts her via a robot. She hires a smuggler named Keats (Pratt) to help her cross the wasteland and find her brother, all while uncovering the mystery behind his disappearance.

“The Electric State” also stars Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Giancarlo Esposito, Stanley Tucci and Woody Norman. Additionally, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate and Alan Tudyk voice the robots.

The Russos, who also directed “Cherry” (for Apple TV+) and “The Gray Man” (for Netflix), as well as the Oscar-winning “Everything Everywhere All At Once” (for A24) and the two “Extraction” films (for…) Since leaving the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he reunites with writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (who have worked on all of their Marvel films) for The Electric State. The filmmakers are preparing to return to the MCU with “Avengers: Doomsday” in 2026 and “Avengers: Secret Wars” in 2027, working exclusively with McFeely. The music for “The Electric State” was composed by Alan Silvestri, with whom the Russos worked on “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Endgame.”

“The Electric State” will be released on Netflix in 2025.