Locations where ‘The Electric State’ Movie was Shot

Despite receiving a low 14 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, The Electric State is quickly becoming one of Netflix’s most popular original films of 2025. The movie was released directly to streaming on Friday and promptly climbed to the top of Netflix’s list of trending titles, where it looks set to stay for quite some time.

Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, known for their work in the Marvel universe, and written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the minds behind the screenplay adapted from Simon Stålenhag’s graphic novel, The Electric State is set in an alternate version of the 1990s. In this world, robots have rebelled against humans. Millie Bobby Brown from Stranger Things takes on the lead role of Michelle, a teenager determined to find her missing brother, who may or may not be a robot.

Featuring a star-studded cast including Chris Pratt, Stanley Tucci, and various other renowned personalities providing voices for distorted robots, The Electric State is rumored to be Netflix’s most expensive production ever, with a whopping budget of $320 million. Despite the hefty price tag, the film was actually shot in Atlanta to take advantage of tax incentives.

For the most part, The Electric State was filmed in front of green screens and on constructed sets and soundstages in Atlanta, Georgia. According to The Electric State production notes, production designers Dennis Gassner and Richard L. Johnson and their teams built over 100 sets over two years for the movie.

Some parts of The Electric State were filmed on location. The abandoned mall where the robot have found a home was filmed at a real, empty mall outside of Atlanta. According to the official movie production notes, “Empty restaurant spaces were reformatted to support the robots, including pizza ovens turned into metal recycling centers, and an old noodle bar transformed using colorful fiber-optic cables into a visually striking set piece that resembles hanging pasta.”

The Happyland amusement park—the abandoned theme park where Michelle and Keats go to find Dr. Amherst (Ke Huy Quan)—was a practical set built on a parking lot in southeast Atlanta. Some of the set, including the carousel, was re-used from the 2003 film Big Fish, on which Gassner was also a production designer.

Because the production was filmed the Happyland scenes around Halloween town, locals in Atlanta thought the set was a haunted house attraction. In an interview for The Electric State production notes, production designer Richard L. Johnson said, “They had to put up big signs: This is not a haunted house for the public.”

So there you have it. The Electric State, like many big action movies these days, was filmed, for the most part, in front of green screens and on sets in Atlanta. Sorry to ruin the movie magic!