The Electric State is set in the 1990s after a robot uprising and subsequential human-robot war. Here are the NYCC panel highlights.
The Electric State NYCC Panel Highlights
- Chris Pratt intended to take a break and spend time with the family before receiving the script for The Electric State. He was moved to tears and signed on.
- The Electric State is based on a book.
- The Russo Brothers are directing – Chris Pratt stars – Anthony Mackie is a voice – Avengers reunion!
- Millie Bobby Brown was thrilled to be working with Chris Pratt, but did not know he was involved before signing on to the project.
- Chris Pratt was excited to get to spend more time directly working with Joe and Anthony Russo.
- Cultural references blend with futuristic technology to create a distinctive atmosphere.
- The 1990’s setting plays a key role in its storytelling.
- The Electric State explores themes of trauma and disconnection, both for the human and robot characters.
- The film explores tension between technology and humanity.
- Chris Pratt’s character and his robot companion (voiced by Anthony Mackie) are both dropouts from society.
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About The Electric State
Set in the aftermath of a robot uprising in an alternate version of the ’90s, The Electric State follows an orphaned teenager who ventures across the American West with a cartoon-inspired robot, a smuggler, and his sidekick in search of her younger brother.
The film stars Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Woody Norman, with Giancarlo Esposito and Stanley Tucci. Woody Harrelson, Anthony Mackie, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Hank Azaria, Colman Domingo and Alan Tudyk join the cast in voice roles.
The Electric State premieres globally on Netflix on March 14, 2025.
Tessa Smith is a Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer-approved Film and TV Critic. She is also a Freelance Writer. Tessa has been in the Entertainment writing business for ten years and is a member of several Critics Associations including the Critics Choice Association and the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association.