According to Deadline, Avengers: Infinity War directors Anthony and Joe Russo have won a bidding war for the rights to Simon Stalenhag’s illustrated novel The Electric State, with It helmer Andy Muschietti in talks to direct.
The Kickstarter-funded book is described as “a re-imagined low tech apocalyptic mid 90s vision of the American West.” The description reads:
In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her yellow toy robot travel west through a strange USA, where the ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside heaped together with the discarded trash of a high tech consumerist society in decline. As their car approaches the edge of the continent, the world outside the window seems to be unraveling ever faster as if somewhere beyond the horizon, the hollow core of civilization has finally caved in.
Stalenhag will serve as executive producer, while the script will be written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who worked with the Russos on Captain America: The First Avengers, Captain America: Civil War and the two upcoming Avengers sequels.
The opportunity to partner with inspirational talents like Simon, Andy, Chris and Steve is exactly the reason we started our company,” said the Russos. “We can’t wait to help this team create something special.”
Originally published December 17, 2017. Updated April 19, 2018.
