Even just a few years removed from their extremely well-received Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame movies, it looks as though directing team Joe and Anthony Russo still have no intention of resting on their laurels. The duo has a new movie coming out for Netflix, and their penchant for making use of the big names of the time seems well and truly intact.
Announced nearly 2 years ago, a sci-fi feature from the Russo Brothers starring Millie Bobby Brown is apparently finally making some progress at Netflix. Based on the novel The Electric State by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag, the film of the same name was originally pitched to Universal Pictures in December 2020. Now that things have fallen through, Netflix has swooped in to acquire the rights, likely since they're already all-in on the duo with their other upcoming film The Gray Man, which stands as the streamer's most expensive movie yet.
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Brown had already signed on to the picture at the end of 2020, which revealed the premise of a teenage orphan traveling through a rather gritty and grounded futuristic version of the American West in search of her little brother. She's accompanied by a mysterious yet endearing robot on her travels, further driving home Stålenhag's typical style of a quiet yet dramatic sci-fi setting. Helpfully, the novel itself is illustrated, which should provide some adequate guidance for the visual style of the Russo Brothers' adaptation.
Netflix has apparently been interested in the film since early 2022 but was only able to close a deal recently due to scheduling conflicts. But now that things are finally moving forward, the production is eyeing the fall for the official start of
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