The life of an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, 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.
Sunny is an upcoming dark comedy television series created by Katie Robbins, based on the novel The Dark Manual by Colin O’Sullivan. The series is scheduled to premiere on July 10, 2024 on Apple TV+. Created by Katie Robbins and directed by Lucy Tcherniak, the series also stars Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, Annie the clumsy and Jun Kunimura.
We had previously reported that multi-hyphenate Rashida Jones will star in and produce a dark comedy for Apple TV+ and A24 titled Sunny. Today, the makers announced that the 10-episode half-hour drama will premiere on Apple TV+ with its first two episodes on July 10, 2024, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through September 4. Created by Katie Robbins and directed by Lucy Tcherniak, the series follows Suzie (Jones), an American woman in Japan, who is reeling out from the shock of the mysterious disappearance of her husband and son in a 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,” reads the plotline of the series.
