Netflix's new sci-fi with Stranger Things star has something for all the family

The Electric State, starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt, is coming to Netflix in March 2025.

If you're a Stranger Things fan then Millie Bobby Brown will be no stranger to your screens – and the young star seems firmly rooted to Netflix, with recent flick Damsel streaming from earlier this year, ahead of another major sci-fi that's set for a Spring 2025 launch.

Directed by The Russo Brothers, The Electric State looks like a family-friendly sci-fi romp. It's adapted from a graphic novel of the same name by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag, whose 2018 release has been adapted, Hollywood-style, to convincing effect.

It's a movie set in a distopian future, where a revolution against robots has created an anarchistic society, one where a young teenager (Bobby Brown) believes she's lost her family – except there's some hope, as her brother is apparently still alive. Cue the tale of tracking him down, accepting the help of humans and robots alike in her endeavours.

In the race to be the best streaming service, it's clear there's still big money circulating for the right kinds of projects. And while Netflix is lesser known for putting its hand into sci-fi – Apple TV+ has been particularly strong there – the appearance of The Electric State next year sure looks like a glimpse of what's to come. That said, Netflix will also be showing the new Wallace & Gromit movie, too, so it's certainly not putting all its eggs in on genre basket...