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How ‘The Electric State’ team created a world of unlikely robots
The new Netflix movie “The Electric State” depicts a world full of robots — but not robots as we know them. Directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo
Directed by brothers Anthony and Joe Russo (who previously helmed two Avengers blockbusters, “Infinity War” and “Endgame”) for a reported budget of $320 million, “The Electric State” takes place in an alternate version of the 1990s, one where sentient robots have existed for decades. But Butler explained that there’s an in-movie explanation for Cosmo and the other quirky robots that are often drawn from real and imagined pop culture: They were created to be “unthreatening,” which is why they all look “kind of cutesy and goofy and fun.” To bring those robots to life, Butler said the team used a combination of traditional optical motion capture and a newer system using accelerometer-based suits.
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