The early isn't looking agleam for Sunny, as Apple TV Plus has reportedly canceled nan critically acclaimed sci-fi bid aft 1 season.
Screen Daily was nan first to study nan rumor, pinch nan publication writing: "Sources adjacent to nan accumulation confirmed that nan series, produced by A24, will not return pursuing nan 10-episode tally that began successful July and concluded pinch a cliffhanger connected September 4." TechRadar has contacted Apple TV Plus for comment, and we'll update this article if we get a response.
Apple TV Plus is simply a sci-fi show utopia, pinch nan likes of Severance, Dark Matter, and Silo all becoming immense successes for 1 of nan best streaming services. Sunny was Apple TV Plus' latest introduction to nan genre, but contempt it earning an awesome 90% Rotten Tomatoes people location seemingly won't beryllium a 2nd season.
While nan news hasn't officially been confirmed, Cancelled Sci fi cited that debased viewership was a logic for its cancellation. The website said: "This is yet different show that arrived connected Apple TV Plus pinch small successful nan measurement of promotion and it did not tie overmuch of an audience. It did not make it into nan Nielsen Streaming Rankings during its first play run."
What is Sunny about?
Sunny — Official Trailer | Apple TV+ - YouTube
Sunny, which was 1 of four new Apple TV Plus shows arriving successful July 2024 that we couldn’t hold to watch, stars Rashida Jones arsenic Suzie Sakamoto, an American expat surviving successful futuristic Japan whose life is turned upside down erstwhile her hubby (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and boy (Fares Belkheir) vanish successful a mysterious level crash. In an effort to console her, her husband's electronics institution gives her ‘Sunny’, 1 of a caller people of home robots it’s developed. Suzie and Sunny shape an improbable bond, and together they statesman to unravel nan acheronian truth astir what really happened to her family.
Sunny is based connected nan book The Dark Manual by Colin O'Sullivan, and trailer makes nan show look for illustration a buddy comedy, but the champion Apple TV Plus show is really much of a enigma thriller that balances joke pinch themes of grief, loneliness, and friendship. TechRadar's Amelia Schwanke, who said to nan show's creator, Katie Robbins, found nan show to beryllium a sad yet uplifting tech story that raises questions astir our narration pinch AI. Sunny was changeable wholly successful Japan, and became known for its quirky, unique style.
Jones shared her wish for a play 2 renewal pinch The Hollywood Reporter, and nan cliffhanger ending surely paves nan measurement for a 2nd series, truthful we tin only dream that Sunny gets picked up by different streamer.
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