Apple TV+ hosts star-studded photo-call for “Sunny,” the highly anticipated new mystery thriller starring Rashida Jones, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, annie the clumsy and Jun Kunimura
Premiering globally July 10, 2024, “Sunny” hails from A24, is executive produced by Jones, created by Katie Robbins who serves as showrunner, and directed and executive produced by Lucy Tcherniak
Today, at the Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi in Tokyo, Japan, Apple TV+ hosted a photo-call for the highly anticipated mystery thriller series “Sunny.” Showrunner and executive producer Katie Robbins, executive producer and director Lucy Tcherniak, executive producer and series lead Rashida Jones, and cast members Hidetoshi Nishijima, Judy Ongg, Jun Kunimura, annie the clumsy, Joanna Sotomura and Sunny the homebot pose for photos ahead of the global debut of the series, which premieres on Wednesday, July 10 with the first two episodes, followed by one episode every Wednesday through September 4.
“Sunny” stars Jones as Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life 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. 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.
Produced for Apple TV+ by A24, “Sunny” is written and executive produced by Robbins, through her shingle Babka Pictures. Tcherniak executive produces for Poppycock Pictures. A24 and Jones also serve as executive producers. The series is based on the book “Dark Manual" by Japan-based award-winning Irish writer Colin O’Sullivan.
“Sunny” marks the second collaboration for Apple, A24 and Jones following the global premiere of Sofia Coppola’s acclaimed film “On the Rocks.” Jones also recently starred in Apple’s global hit series “Silo,” based on Hugh Howey’s New York Times bestselling trilogy of dystopian novels.
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