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TV this week Sunday, September 23, 2018 Formula for success continues to pave a brave new TV path with its new mini-series , starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone in their first small-screen roles, writes REbEcca ballocH

hey’re first-timersManiac is based on a Nor- Stars reunite: on the small screen. wegian TV series of the Jonah Hill and Emma Stone TBut for Oscar winner same name, but the vision- in Netflix’s surreal new Emma Stone (La La Land) ary Fukunaga is sure-fire to drama Maniac. and Oscar nominee Jonah put his own spin on the tale. Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street) Set in New York, we are in- despite the show’s ambi- it only makes Netflix’s Ma- vited to go down the rabbit tious scope, Stone has fo- niac all the more appealing. hole, as Annie (Stone) and cused on selling the story’s It’s also marks a reunion, Owen (Hill) sign up to a cu- human element. which imbues the limited rious pharmaceutical trial. “The thing I liked about series – directed by Cary Run by an odd doctor (Jus- Maniac was that it’s about Joji Fukunaga (True Detec- tin Theroux), he claims he people who have their own tive) and created by Patrick can fix anything disturbing internal struggles and are Somerville (The Leftovers) the human mind: “Pain can do their increasingly crazy with some kitsch ’80s get-up, rithm at hand, which parked trying to fix them with a – with an extra dollop of be destroyed, the mind can realities. Maniac promises to be rich Fukunaga’s concept of the pill,” she said. trippiness (which is hardly be solved”. When Annie exclaims with surreal and complicat- creative process in new ter- “But you see over the needed, but very welcome). Annie is at a loss with her “This is some multi-reality ed storytelling. ritory. course of the show that hu- Stone and Hill last shared life, deeply affected by her brain magic sh**”, she is If it all sounds very out “Because Netflix is a data man connection and love is the screen in their break- fractured relationships with pretty spot-on: the trailer there, you can rest assured company, they know exactly really the only thing that through roles in the teen her sister (the brilliant Julia introduces a hodgepodge of that Fukunaga had a firm how their viewers watch gets us through life. I liked flick Superbad. While it Garner, Ozark) and mother. seemingly scenes vision in mind. And so did things,” Fukunaga revealed. that idea.” might feel like yesterday She has never met Owen, from across a span of time. Netflix. “So they can look at some- And the Netflix algorithm, to some, it was actually 11 a schizophrenic who comes From a Lord of the Rings The director admitted that thing you’re writing and say, of course. No doubt, the years ago. from a wealthy family, but type future, some sort of he and Somerville discarded ‘We know based on our data streaming giant’s forecast is Now, all grown up, Stone thanks to the drug trial – sci-fi astronaut set-up, a too- the bulk of their scripts just that if you do this, we will for extreme binge-watching and Hill take on this am- it’s no spoiler to say that it big Owen trying to make before production began in lose this many viewers’. pleasure. bitious mini-series with a is not what’s expected – the his way through a mouse- their effort to finesse Mani- Based on this insight, it swathe of awards and nomi- characters lives become sized cityscape, to some old- ac’s story. But they also had will be fascinating to see n Maniac nations under their belts. more than entwined. And so Hollywood glamour along Netflix’s mysterious algo- how Maniac plays out. Yet Straming now on Netflix Sunday, September 23, 2018 NINE SEVEN ABC SBS TEN DIGITAL 6.00 World’s Greatest Cities (PGa, CC) 6.30 6.00 NBC Today (CC) 7.00 Weekend Sunrise (CC) 6.00 Rage (PG, CC) 7.00 Weekend Breakfast (CC) 6.00 WorldWatch 7.00 Small Business Secrets 6.00 Mass (CC) 6.30 Hillsong (CC) 7.00 Joseph Weekend Today (CC) 9.30 Sports Sunday (PG, CC) 10.00 AFL Game Day (CC) 11.30 Jabba’s School 9.00 Insiders (CC) 10.00 Offsiders (CC) 10.30 (CC) 7.30 WorldWatch 9.30 Soccer. (CC) EPL. Prince (R, CC) 7.30 Joel Osteen (CC) 8.00 The 10.30 NRL Sunday Footy Show (PG, CC) 12.30 Holiday Movie Special (PGv, R, CC) 12.00 House World This Week (R, CC) 11.00 Compass (PG, R, Manchester United v Wolverhampton. Replay. Living Room (PG, R, CC) 9.00 Foodie Adventures Netball. (CC) Quad Series. Game 6. Australia v Of Wellness (PG, CC) 1.00 Jabba’s School Holiday CC) 11.30 Praise (PG, CC) 12.00 ABC News At 12.00 Arabic News F24 12.30 Turkish News 1.00 With Ash Pollard (R, CC) 9.30 St10 (PG, CC) 12.00 New Zealand. 2.30 Rugby League. (CC) QRL. Movie Special (PGv, R, CC) 1.30 Little Big Shots Noon (CC) 12.30 Landline (CC) 1.30 Gardening Speedweek (CC) 3.00 The Bowls Show (CC) Luxury Escapes (R, CC) 12.30 Cook’s Pantry (R, Intrust Super Cup. Grand Final. Redcliffe Dolphins (PG, R, CC) 2.30 800 Words (PGasv, R, CC) 3.30 Aust (R, CC) 2.30 Building Australia (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Motor Racing. (CC) FIM Superbike World CC) 1.00 Everyday Gourmet (R, CC) 1.30 GCBC (R, v Easts Tigers. 4.30 Airport 24/7: Miami (PGl, R, Coastwatch Oz (PG, R, CC) 4.00 Better Homes (R, 2.55 Antiques Roadshow (R, CC) 4.00 The Mix (R, Championship. Round 10. Highlights. 5.00 Small CC) 2.00 Food Fight Club (R, CC) 3.00 Australia CC) 5.00 News (CC) 5.30 Delish (PG, CC) CC) 5.00 News (CC) 5.30 Surf Patrol (R, CC) CC) 4.30 The Split (PGs, R, CC) (Final) 5.30 Hard Business Secrets (R, CC) 5.30 The Day Hitler Died By Design: Landscapes (CC) 3.30 The 48 Hour 6.00 Nine News. (CC) 6.00 Seven News. (CC) Quiz (PG, R, CC) (PGa, R, CC) Destination (R, CC) 4.00 RPM (CC) 5.00 News 7.00 The Block. (PG, CC) 7.00 Sunday Night. (CC) 6.00 Catalyst. (R, CC) (Final) 6.30 SBS World News. (CC) (CC) 8.30 60 Minutes. (CC) 8.00 The Story Of The Royals. (PG, CC) 7.00 ABC News Sunday. (CC) 7.30 Rome’s Invisible City. (R, CC) 6.00 Bondi Rescue. (PGa, R, CC) 9.30 City Of Evil. (MA15+a, CC) 10.00 Crime Investigation Australia: Most 7.40 Joanna Lumley’s Silk Road Adventure: 8.30 Easter Island: The Truth Revealed. 6.30 The Sunday Project. (CC) 10.30 See No Evil: Megan Holden. (Mv, CC) Infamous: The Killing Fields Of Truro. Venice/Albania/Turkey. (CC) (PG, R, CC) 7.30 MOVIE: Happy Feet. (R, CC, 2006) Elijah 11.30 Conspiracy. (Mv, R, CC) (MA15+av, CC) 8.30 Rake. (Mlv, CC) 10.15 20 Years On Death Row. (CC) Wood. 12.30 Cold Case. (M, R, CC) 11.15 Criminal Confessions: Seneca Falls. 9.25 Vera. (Mv, R, CC) 12.15 Fourth Estate: The NY Times And Trump: 9.45 When Corden Met Paul McCartney. 1.30 Getaway (PG, R, CC) 2.00 TV Shop: Home (Malv, R, CC) 11.00 Miniseries: Apple Tree Yard (MA15+av, R, American Carnage (Malv, R, CC) 2.25 O.J. (PG, CC) Shopping (R) 2.30 Global Shop 3.00 TV Shop: 12.15 Black-ish. (PGs, R) CC) 11.55 Indian Summers (Msv, R, CC) 12.45 Rage Simpson: Made In America (Mav, R, CC) 4.15 Poh’s 10.50 Sports Tonight. 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