Rashida Jones to star in Apple TV+ sequence ‘Sunny’
2 min readBy PTI
LOS ANGELES: Actor Rashida Jones will headline and govt produce “Sunny”, a darkish comedic drama from Apple TV+ and manufacturing home A24.
The sequence, created by Katie Robbins, will likely be unfold throughout 10 half-hour episodes.
“Sunny” will likely be directed and govt produced by Lucy Tcherniak, recognized for “Station Eleven” and “The End of the F***ing World”.
According to a press launch, “Sunny” will see Jones play the function of Suzie, an American girl residing in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious airplane crash.
As “consolation” she’s given Sunny, certainly one of a brand new class of home robots made by her husband’s electronics firm.
“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 logline of the sequence.
The sequence relies on the e book “Dark Manual” by Japan-based award-winning Irish author Colin O’Sullivan.
“Sunny” will likely be tailored to display and govt produced by Robbins, Ravi Nandan and Jess Lubben from A24.
The present marks the second collaboration for Apple, A24 and Jones following the worldwide premiere of Sofia Coppola’s acclaimed movie “On The Rocks”.
Jones can even subsequent be seen in “Wool”, Apple’s upcoming drama sequence primarily based on Hugh Howey’s New York Times best-selling trilogy of dystopian novels.
