Apple TV+ today released first look photos from the upcoming ten-episode mystery thriller Sunny, set to premiere globally with the first two episodes on Wednesday July 10th, 2024, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through September 4th. The series is based on the book Dark Manual by Japan-based award-winning Irish writer Colin O’Sullivan.
Sunny stars Rashida Jones (On the Rocks, The Other Black Girl, Quincy), who also serves as executive producer, along with stars Hidetoshi Nishijima (Drive My Car, Riding A Unicorn), Joanna Sotomura (Barry, Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story), Judy Ongg (Wu jia zhi bao, Money Wars), YOU (Reverse, Nobody Knows), singer-songwriter annie the clumsy, and Jun Kunimura (Kill Bill: Vol 1., Kate). The series is created by Katie Robbins (The Affair, The Last Tycoon), who also serves as showrunner, and executive producer and director Lucy Tcherniak (Station Eleven, The End of the F***ing World).
The series stars Jones as Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As “consolation” she’s given Sunny, one of a new class of domestic robots made by her husband’s electronics company. Though at first Suzie resents Sunny’s attempts to fill the void in her life, gradually they develop an unexpected friendship, as together they uncover the dark truth of what really happened to Suzie’s family, becoming dangerously enmeshed in a world Suzie never knew existed.
Produced for Apple TV+ by A24, Sunny is written and executive produced by Robbins, through her shingle Babka Pictures. A24 and Jones also serve as executive producers.
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