Netflix's Most Expensive Movie Ever Is Here, and It's a Monumental Disaster

When he got his first glimpse of a movie studio, Orson Welles excitedly proclaimed it "the biggest electric train set any boy ever had." But with a reported budget of more than 300 million, Joe and Anthony Russo's The Electric State makes Welles' train set look like a busted caboose. The most expensive movie in Netflix's history, it's also among the costliest of all time, joining a list that includes the brothers' own Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. If the Russos are the most profligate creators in history--their Amazon series Citadel is also one of the most expensive TV shows ever made--they're among the most successful too. And yet for all the money they're making, and all that they're allowed to spend, they don't seem to be enjoying themselves very much.