Critics may not like Netflix’s The Electric State movie, but that won’t stop The Electric State from becoming a smash hit for the streamer. Directed by Marvel alums Anthony and Joe Russo, and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely—who adapted the screenplay from Simon Stålenhag’s graphic novel of the same name—The Electric State stars Millie Bobby Brown as a teenager named Michelle.

SALT LAKE CITY — Fans of source material don’t like it when somebody buys the movie rights for a book, and then changes it to make it more cinematic, visual or dare “they” say fascinating. It’s a betrayal of biblical proportions and there’s usually no coming back, no matter how good the hybrid turns out to be.

Set in an alternate 1990s where robots have been exiled following a failed uprising, the plot of The Electric State follows orphaned teenager Michelle, played by Millie Bobby Brown, who embarks on a journey across the American Southwest to find her missing brother, Christopher.

Leave it to the Russo Brothers — who previously helmed Avengers movies Infinity War and Endgame — to make one of Netflix’s most expensive projects, The Electric State, starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt.

Joe and Anthony Russo comment on their new film, The Electric State, and how it will influence their work on the upcoming Avengers sequels.