Rashida Jones is heading back to the small screen, signing on to star in the new Apple TV Plus series Sunny.The streaming service handed out a 10-episode series order for the show, based on the 2018 novel The Dark Manual by Colin O'Sullivan, via Deadline.Jones will also serve as an executive producer on the series, with A24 coming aboard to produce the series as well.
New show:Rashida Jones is heading back to the small screen, signing on to star in the new Apple TV Plus series Sunny Streaming:The streaming service handed out a 10-episode series order for the show, based on the 2018 novel The Dark Manual by Colin O'Sullivan, via DeadlineThe book follows Suzie (Jones), an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash.As a bizarre 'consolation,' Suzie is given an advanced new robot dubbed Sunny, part of a line of new domestic robots her husband's company is making.
While Suzie first resents Sunny for trying to console her, they ultimately form a unique bond and slowly start to uncover what really happened to her family.
Book:The book follows Suzie (Jones), an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash Katie Robbins (The Affair, The Last Tycoon) wrote the pilot script and will executive produce the series alongside Jones andLucy Tcherniak (Station Eleven), who is attached to direct.Ravi Nandan and Jess Lubben will also serve as executive producers for A24, with the show expected to film in Japan.The show comes on the heels of Jones' first collaboration with both Apple and A24, the 2020 Sofia Coppola film On the Rocks.
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