At MCM London, we got a sneak peek.
But just like the Avengers, many of the heroes of this new world are… assembled.
But the Russos have been working on it since before Thanos had finished assembling the infinity stones.
The graphic novel first came to the Russos attention when it was still a Kickstarter project.
Immediately all four of them fell in love with it.
His art is characterized by retrofuturist science fiction tech intermingled with mundane, everyday environments.
But turning those images into a film is no small task.
It took quite a long time to find a narrative in that space.
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His work includesThe Truman Show,threeBond movies, andBladerunner 2049,among many others.
We had to build the world out with Simons incredible work as an inspiration, Joe Russo says.
Or a chef robot?
Or the giant kitty bot thats an advertising bot?
So the film is built on that tenet of approachability, but that runs into violence.
Anthony Russos personal favourite robot is a top-hatted, talking peanut voiced by Woody Harrelson.
Mr Peanut is particularly delightful, he says.
But he also points out that the voice cast arent the only people behind the robots performances.
We use some incredible performances by motion capture artists.
The high point was watching Pratt attempt to explain to Brown what a Billy Bass was.
They have a certain approachability and humour, but with real emotion and sensitivity to it.
The Electric State premieres on Netflix on March 14 2025.
