Sunny (TV series)

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Sunny
Genre Dark comedy
Based onThe Dark Manual
by Colin O’Sullivan
Written byKatie Robbins
Directed byLucy Tcherniak
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Katie Robbins
  • Rashida Jones
  • Lucy Tcherniak
  • Ravi Nandan
  • Jess Lubben
  • Nancy Won
Production companiesEureka 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.

Contents

The series is scheduled to premiere on July 10, 2024 on Apple TV+. [1]

Premise

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.

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten by [2] Original release date [3]
1TBATBAKatie RobbinsJuly 10, 2024 (2024-07-10)
2TBATBAKatie RobbinsJuly 10, 2024 (2024-07-10)
3TBATBANancy WonJuly 17, 2024 (2024-07-17)
4TBATBAKimi Howl LeeJuly 24, 2024 (2024-07-24)
5TBATBAJulissa CastilloJuly 31, 2024 (2024-07-31)
6TBATBAAja GabelAugust 7, 2024 (2024-08-07)
7TBATBAKen KobayashiAugust 14, 2024 (2024-08-14)
8TBATBASarah SutherlandAugust 21, 2024 (2024-08-21)
9TBATBANancy Won & Yugo NakamuraAugust 28, 2024 (2024-08-28)
10TBATBAKatie Robbins & Aja GabelSeptember 4, 2024 (2024-09-04)

Production

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]

Filming for the series began in Japan in July 2022. [7]

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