The directors of Avengers: Infinity War just optioned Simon Stålenhag’s The Electric State
Avengers: Infinity War‘s Russo Brothers have added a new project to their slate: an adaptation of Simon Stålenhag’s recently Kickstarter-funded art book The Electric State.
Joe and Anthony Russo won a bidding war for the book, says Deadline, and will act as producers for the project. The brothers are looking to bring on It director Andy Muschietti to direct. They will also bring on the Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, the screenwriters behind Captain America: Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, and the two upcoming Avengers films.
Stålenhag is a Swedish artist who specializes in retro-furistic art, telling stories about an alternate, pastoral Sweden in books such as T…
