00:00Netflix has closed a deal for the next big-budget movie from Joe and Anthony Rousseau.
00:06The duo known for the Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame mega-blockbusters
00:10will direct the Electric State for the streaming giant.
00:14Netflix has secured Millie Bobby Brown, the breakout star of Stranger Things,
00:17to star in the feature alongside Chris Pratt, who's in talks to join her.
00:21The story centers on an orphan teenager played by Brown who travels across an American West
00:26that is reminiscent of a retro future with a sweet but mysterious robot
00:29and an eccentric drifter in search of her younger brother.
00:33The cost for the project isn't cheap either, with a budget set north of $200 million, according to sources.
00:39Production is slated to begin in October in Atlanta.
00:41The move comes as the duo gear up for their current project with the streamer,
00:45the action movie The Gray Man, which debuts in July.
00:48For more on this casting, head to THR.com.
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