It’s become a fairly regular occurrence for Netflix’s movie schedule to feature A-list names, and the Russo Brothers’ The Electric State, one of the latest to hit the 2025 movie calendar, is no different.

Avengers directors Anthony and Joseph Russo are back for another expensively assembled sci-fi flick, with the release to streaming of The Electric State.  Having helmed a string of Marvel blockbuster smashes,

The Russo brothers bring Simon Stålenhag's illustrated novel “The Electric State” to life in the new big budget Netflix film

F irst brought to life (as it were) in 2018 as a photography-filled text by acclaimed Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag, The Electric State is a singular journey about a past era th

The Electric State movie by the Russo Brothers is critically panned, with 21% on Rotten Tomatoes and 32% on Metacritic. The Russo Brothers' track record outside Marvel is underwhelming, with recent flops like Cherry, The Gray Man, and Citadel.

Cleveland-born directors talk about creating the post-robot rebellion world of "The Electric State," coming to Netflix on March 14.

The Electric State is Netflix's most expensive movie to date, but have the Russo Brothers recaptured their Avengers blockbuster magic?

One Twitter user noted that all of the Best Picture winners of the last 10 years combined still have a lower budget than The Electric State. The Russo brothers' new Netflix movie boasts a budget of $320 million, with all 10 movies making up just 69% of that budget (and we did double-check the math).

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.