Starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, the movie is based on the acclaimed 2018 graphic novel by Simon Stalenhag of Tales from the Loop fame.
The project is set up at Netflix, marking the director duo’s third collaboration with streamer after their recent directorial The Gray Man and the 2020 production Extraction.
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the frequent collaborators of The Russo Brothers, have written the script.
The 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 executive producer for the movie. Production is expected to begin later this year.
The Electric State is written by Simon Stalenhag. Set in a post-apocalyptic 1997, The Electric State is the story of Michelle who, accompanied by her toy robot Skip, sets out across the western United States in a stolen car to find her missing brother. Told in achingly melancholy, spare prose and featuring almost a hundred gorgeous, full-colour illustrations, The Electric State is a novel like no other.
