Katie Robbins (creator, author, producer) and Lucy Tcherniak (director, producer) spoke with MovieWeb’s Matt Mahler about their new Apple TV+ sequence, Sunny. They mentioned the modern however sophisticated strategy of filming the titular robotic utilizing actor Joanna Sotomura, and mentioned the Japanese setting and themes of the present. Sunny premieres Wednesday, July 10, adopted by one new episode weekly by September 4 solely on Apple TV+.
Sunny stars Jones as Suzie, an American lady dwelling in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious airplane crash. As “comfort” she’s given Sunny, one in all a brand new class of home robots made by her husband’s electronics firm. Although at first, Suzie resents Sunny’s makes an attempt to fill the void in her life, steadily they develop an surprising friendship. Collectively they uncover the darkish fact of what actually occurred to Suzie’s household and turn out to be dangerously enmeshed in a world Suzie by no means knew existed.
Produced for Apple TV+ by A24, “Sunny” is written and government produced by Robbins, by her shingle Babka Footage. A24 and Jones additionally function government producers. The sequence is predicated on the e-book “The Darkish Guide” by Japan-based award-winning Irish author Colin O’Sullivan.
Sunny marks the second collaboration for Apple, A24 and Jones following the worldwide premiere of Sofia Coppola’s acclaimed movie “On the Rocks.” Jones additionally lately starred in Apple’s world hit sequence “Silo,” sequence primarily based on Hugh Howey’s New York Instances best-selling trilogy of dystopian novels.
