'The Electric State' trailer is all Millie Bobby Brown and robots in an alternate sci-fi '90s

Directed by the MCU's Anthony and Joe Russo.
By Shannon Connellan  on 
Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown) , Keats (Chris Pratt) and Dr. Amherst (Ke Huy Quan) in "The Electric State."

Robots are in exile and Millie Bobby Brown is on the road to revenge in Netflix's star-studded sci-fi adventure, set in the apparently "retro" '90s (fml).

Based on Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel and directed by the MCU's Anthony and Joe Russo, The Electric State sees Brown in the lead as Michelle, a teen without a family who meets a robot called Cosmo. But surprise, Cosmo is controlled by a human — her long lost brother no less! He's across the country somewhere, and there's sinister circumstances afoot, so Michelle and Cosmo hit the road to find him.

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En route they meet smuggler Keats (Chris Pratt), and they all head to the realm's so-called Exclusion Zone, meeting more robots along the way. The cast is stacked, with Ke Huy Quan, Stanley Tucci, Giancarlo Esposito, Jason Alexander, and Woody Norman, with voice acting by Brian Cox, Colman Domingo, Jenny Slate, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, Hank Azaria, and Alan Tudyk.

The Electric State hits Netflix on March 14, 2025.

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Shannon Connellan

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about everything (but not anything) across entertainment, tech, social good, science, and culture.


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