Netflix has released the official trailer for The Electric State, the Russo brothers‘ adaptation of Simon Stålenhag‘s narrative art book, which premieres exclusively on the streaming platform on March 14 2025.

The Electric State follows a young woman (played by Millie Bobby Brown) who embarks on a perilous journey across the robot-ravaged US, accompanied by a mysterious toy robot and a roguish smuggler (Chris Pratt). Together, they’ll unravel a mechanical conspiracy at the center of the American heartland.

“The story felt like a fairy tale to us,” Anthony Russo said about the novel.

“I’m blown away by the movie,” Stålenhag told Netflix. “It was an amazing experience watching things that I have drawn come to life this way. What resonated most with me was the emotional core of the movie, which is the need for family. Even though the movie has changed genre from the book a bit, that main core is still the same and has been expanded on beautifully.”

The Russos and writers Markus and McFeely were in communication with Stålenhag throughout the film’s development, and he was pleased to see the creative liberties they took to make the film stand on its own.“They asked me questions about the timeline and backstory, but it’s their work,” he said. “They’re the best in the world at what they do, and to see them work on a project that comes from me, it’s beyond satisfying, surreal. I am so positively surprised by the end result.”

The star-studded cast also consists of Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander and Woody Norman, with Giancarlo Esposito and Stanley Tucci. Mackie, Woody Harrelson, Brian Cox, Jenny Slate, Hank Azaria, Colman Domingo and Alan Tudyk voice the robots.

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The nominations for this year’s Guldbagge Awards have been presented, and Frida Kempff’s The Swedish Torpedo received a staggering eight nominations, including ‘Best Film’ and ‘Best Screenplay.’

The Guldbagge Awards ceremony, hosted by actress Shima Niavarani, will be held at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 13, 2025. Swedish Television (SVT) will be broadcasting the event live.

Each year, the Albert Bonnier Scholarship Foundation awards eight scholarships to support, encourage, and celebrate authors writing in Swedish. These scholarships are distributed across the following categories: fiction writers, poets, cultural journalists, translators, illustrators/designers, and non-fiction writers.

Both Anders Rydell and Andrzej Tichý are among this year’s recipients. Tichý, who released his critically acclaimed Book of Events in February, is one of the recipients in the fiction category. Rydell, whose latest work is the highly praised Stolen Music, is one of two recipients in the non-fiction category.