Giancarlo Esposito , Anthony Mackie and Colman Domingo are heading to a future of cartoonish robots in the upcoming Netflix film The Electric State . The teaser trailer below shows Esposito playing what appears to be an evil, or at least stern-looking, robot. Unlike the other robots we see in the trailer, which look like 1950s cartoons, Esposito’s robot features his face looking out through a television screen. Esposito’s bad-guy roles are often the most entertaining parts of the projects he’s in, and we expect no less from this character. What is The Electric State about? Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo from a script by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, The Electric State is based on the book by Simon Stålenhag which tells the story of a dystopian version of 1997. In this version of the late ’90s, robots are now a facet of life, and technology has run amok. Millie Bobby Brown stars as a girl who is on a journey with her robot companion to find her long-lost brother....