Sunny | |
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Genre | Dark comedy |
Based on | The Dark Manual by Colin O’Sullivan |
Written by | Katie Robbins |
Directed by | Lucy Tcherniak |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Production companies | Eureka Row Le Train Train Productions A24 |
Original release | |
Network | Apple TV+ |
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+. [1]
A woman living in Kyoto whose husband and son vanished in a plane crash is gifted a domesticated robot from her husband's robotics company.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by [2] | Original release date [3] |
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1 | TBA | TBA | Katie Robbins | July 10, 2024 |
2 | TBA | TBA | Katie Robbins | July 10, 2024 |
3 | TBA | TBA | Nancy Won | July 17, 2024 |
4 | TBA | TBA | Kimi Howl Lee | July 24, 2024 |
5 | TBA | TBA | Julissa Castillo | July 31, 2024 |
6 | TBA | TBA | Aja Gabel | August 7, 2024 |
7 | TBA | TBA | Ken Kobayashi | August 14, 2024 |
8 | TBA | TBA | Sarah Sutherland | August 21, 2024 |
9 | TBA | TBA | Nancy Won & Yugo Nakamura | August 28, 2024 |
10 | TBA | TBA | Katie Robbins & Aja Gabel | September 4, 2024 |
In February 2022, Apple TV+ announced it had given Sunny a series order. Rashida Jones is set to star in and executive produce the series, which is set to film in Japan. [4] In July, Hidetoshi Nishijima joined the cast. [5] In October, Joanna Sotomura, annie the clumsy, You, Judy Ongg, and Jun Kunimura were added to the cast. [6]
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