Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, and some misunderstood robots star in the first trailer for The Electric State

Yes, the robot apocalypse is nigh. Nearly every sci-fi book, show, and movie has predicted it. Artificial intelligence is already here, so when your smart speakers start getting a little mouthy, it's time to head to the hills.

The Electric State imagines a world in which robots have rebelled, been punished, and sentenced to exile in the titular state. Netflix just released the trailer for the sci-fi epic, out on the streamer on March 14, 2025.

Based on Simon Stålenhag's 2018 graphic novel, the film is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, (during their Avengers off-time). The brothers bought the rights to the book before it was even published in 2017, and the script was written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely.

Here's the film's official logline:

The Electric State is a spectacular adventure from the directors of Avengers: Endgame set in an alternate, retro-futuristic version of the 1990s. Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things, Enola Holmes, Damsel) stars as Michelle, an orphaned teenager navigating life in a society where sentient robots resembling cartoons and mascots, who once served peacefully among humans, now live in exile following a failed uprising.

Everything Michelle thinks she knows about the world is upended one night when she’s visited by Cosmo, a sweet, mysterious robot who appears to be controlled by Christopher — Michelle’s genius younger brother whom she thought was dead. Determined to find the beloved sibling she thought she had lost, Michelle sets out across the American Southwest with Cosmo and soon finds herself reluctantly joining forces with Keats (Chris Pratt, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World), a low-rent smuggler, and his wisecracking robot sidekick, Herman (voiced by Anthony Mackie).

As they venture into the Exclusion Zone, a walled-off corner in the desert where robots now exist on their own, Keats and Michelle find a strange, colorful group of new animatronic allies — and begin to learn that the forces behind Christopher’s disappearance are more sinister than they ever expected.

The rest of the cast includes Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Giancarlo Esposito, Stanley Tucci, and Woody Norman. In addition to Mackie, Woody Harrelson, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, and Alan Tudyk lend their talents as the voices of the robots.

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Check out the trailer below.