Filming officially wrapped in early February 2023. On November 4, 2022, production on the film was temporarily paused after a crew member working on the film was killed in a car crash off-set. Principal photography began in October 2022 in Atlanta, under the working title Stormwind. Ke Huy Quan, Yeoh’s co-star in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), had to replace her after she left the project due to scheduling conflicts. Anthony Mackie and Billy Bob Thornton also joined the cast. In November, Giancarlo Esposito was cast in the film as the voice of Marshall, a menacing robotic drone. In October, Woody Norman was added to the cast. Cox and Slate were reported to be voicing characters in the film. Pratt would be confirmed in August, with Michelle Yeoh, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Brian Cox and Jenny Slate joining the cast. Later that month, it was confirmed that Netflix would be distributing the film, with Chris Pratt in talks to star alongside Brown. In June 2022, it was reported that the film might have its distribution rights transferred to Netflix, as Universal was no longer planning on giving the film a theatrical release. Millie Bobby Brown was slated to star, with production set to begin as soon as the Russos completed The Gray Man (2022) and Brown concluded filming for season four of Stranger Things. In December 2020, Universal Pictures won the distribution rights to the film, with the Russos now directing and Muschietti remaining as a producer on the project via his new production company. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely were set to write the screenplay. They were set as producers, with Andy Muschietti in negotiations to direct.

The film was first announced in December 2017, when Anthony and Joe Russo acquired the rights to the graphic novel. Premise Ī girl is sent a robot by her missing brother, and with it, she sets out to find him. The Electric State is scheduled to be released in 2024, by Netflix. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Stanley Tucci, Jason Alexander, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Giancarlo Esposito, Anthony Mackie, and Billy Bob Thornton. The Electric State is an upcoming American science fiction adventure film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, based on the graphic novel of the same name by Simon Stålenhag.

The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag