Directors Joe and Anthony Russo discuss the complicated process of bringing Simon Stålenhag's graphic novel to life.

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

Michelle (Millie Bobby Brown) and Cosmo in The Electric State. (Credit: Netflix)

The problem isn't that Netflix's The Electric State takes liberties with its source material; it's that the original book is much, much better.

What happens at the end of The Electric State? Here's the plot and an analysis, plus if Christopher is still alive after that final scene.

Netflix’s newest sci-fi adventure The Electric State is here, plunging viewers into an alternate '90s where a robot vs human war leaves the US in a technological apocalypse. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo,

Critics may not like Netflix’s The Electric State movie, but that won’t stop The Electric State from becoming a smash hit for the streamer. Directed by Marvel alums Anthony and Joe Russo, and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely—who adapted the screenplay from Simon Stålenhag’s graphic novel of the same name—The Electric State stars Millie Bobby Brown as a teenager named Michelle.