The Russo Brothers understand the risks and rewards of bringing a new world to life in an industry dominated by sequels. As they told Blavity/Shadow and Act Managing Editor Trey Mangum, developing The Electric State at Netflix was a project that could have raised concerns for studios. “It’s risky, right? Because they’re expensive new ideas, especially big CG worlds like this. They don’t have a built-in audience. You have to go earn that audience,” said Joe Russo. “They can be risky for studios, that’s why you see so many sequels. And look, we’re gonna go make two more Avengers movies, but, you know, we like to try to balance it out with original storytelling. And it’s great to have a home like Netflix that has been so supportive of such an ambitious movie like this. They’ve really let us bring exactly the vision that we wanted to screen.” Familiar faces in ‘The Electric State’ Anthony Russo explained that one of the aspects that made working on the film easier was collaborating with...