The Russos are the prodigal sons of Marvel. After overseeing Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, the undeniable high points of the MCU so far, the Russos fled Marvel to spearhead their own movie franchises on streaming. However, after a handful of Marvel movies underperformed, it became clear that Marvel needed to make a big move. So at San Diego Comic-Con, Kevin Feige announced the Russos would return to Marvel to direct Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.
But there’s one more project from the Russos’ Marvel sabbatical left to release: The Electric State, a strange dystopian road trip adventure based on the book by Simon Stålenhag. The movie stars Millie Bobby Brown who has to venture into a ghetto of sentient but sequestered robots in the search for her lost brother. But just how these robots come to be sentient isn’t all that fictional — and makes things a little awkward for the Russos.
