The magnetic performers Rashida Jones (Parks and Recreation) and Hidetoshi Nishijima (Drive My Car) joined MovieWeb’s Matt Mahler for a discussion about their new Apple TV+ series, Sunny. They touched on their characters, Nishijima’s English-language debut, and the show’s themes of loneliness and technology.

The highly anticipated, darkly comedic sci-fi mystery show Sunny will premiere globally with the first two of 10 episodes on Wednesday, July 10, followed by one new episode weekly through September 4 exclusively on Apple TV+.

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. Together they uncover the dark truth of what really happened to Suzie’s family and become 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. A24 and Jones also serve as executive producers. The series is based on the book “The Dark Manual” by Japan-based award-winning Irish writer Colin O’Sullivan.

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