Rashida Jones Set to Star in Sunny for Apple TV+

Apple TV+, along with A24, is bringing Colin O’Sullivan’s Dark Manual to life in Sunny.

Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation) is set to star in the Apple TV+ production, Sunny. According to Deadline, Sunny is a half-hour 10-episode dark comedic drama created by Katie Robbins (The Affair, The Last Tycoon) and directed by Lucy Tcherniak (Station Eleven, The End of the F***ing World).

Written by Robbins, Sunny is based on the book Dark Manual by Japan-based award-winning Irish writer Colin O’Sullivan. The dark comedy 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. Suzie resents Sunny’s attempts to fill the void in her life. However, they gradually develop an unexpected friendship as they uncover the dark truth of what really happened to Suzie’s family, becoming dangerously entangled in a world Suzie never knew existed.

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Jones and Robbins will executive produce the series with Tcherniak, along with Ravi Nandan, and Jess Lubben for A24.

Sunny marks the second collaboration for Apple, A24, and Jones following Sofia Coppola’s On The Rocks alongside Bill Murray; The streaming service continues to seek original content and continues their ongoing relationship with the indie studio. It is also Jones’ third project at Apple TV+ overall. She will also next be seen in Wool, the streamer’s upcoming drama series based on Hugh Howey’s best-selling trilogy of dystopian novels. Jones is repped by UTA and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham. The actress recently starred opposite Peter Sarsgaard in the Sundance drama The Sound of Silence and had supporting roles in the 2018 films Tag and Zoe. Jones is a frequent collaborator of Kenya Barris, starring in and producing BlackAF as well as both Black-ish and Mixed-ish in a guest role.

Robbins was a writer-producer on seasons four and five of Showtime’s The Affair and was staffed on The Last Tycoon. She was most recently a consulting producer on Party of Five. She is repped by UTA, Aaron Kogan Management and Lichter Grossman.

Tcherniak is known for her directing credits in Station Eleven and The End Of The F***ing World and Peacock’s upcoming limited series Angelyne. She is repped by CAA, Grandview, and Independent Talent.

Although a release date for the series has not been announced, we do know that the series is expected to film in Japan soon.

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