Apple TV+ has dropped the trailer for ‘Sunny’, a highly anticipated, ten-episode, darkly comedic mystery series. The show is based on the book “The Dark Manual” by award-winning Japan-based Irish writer Colin O’Sullivan. Showrun and executive produced by Katie Robbins, ‘Sunny’ will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, July 10 with its first two episodes, followed by one new episode every Wednesday through September 4.
‘Sunny’ stars Rashida 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, they gradually develop an unexpected friendship, and together they uncover the dark truth of what really happened to Suzie’s family, becoming dangerously enmeshed in a world Suzie never knew existed.
Directed and executive produced by Lucy Tcherniak, ‘Sunny’ stars Rashida Jones who also executive produces alongside Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, annie the clumsy and Jun Kunimura.
Produced for Apple TV+ by A24, ‘Sunny’ is written and executive produced by Robbins, through her shingle Babka Pictures. Tcherniak executive produces for Poppycock Pictures.
‘Sunny’ marks the second collaboration for Apple, A24 and Jones following the global premiere of Sofia Coppola’s acclaimed film ‘On the Rocks.’ Jones also recently starred in Apple’s global hit series ‘Silo,’ based on Hugh Howey’s New York Times bestselling trilogy of dystopian novels.