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The recently-announced Emma Stone/Jonah Hill series “Maniac” has been picked up by Netflix.
Per Deadline, the Paramount TV/Anonymous Content half-hour series, directed by Cary Fukunaga, is finalizing a deal with the streamer on a straight-to-series 10-episode order.
The show is based on the 2014 Norwegian series about a guy who lives a fantasy life in his dreams but in reality is locked up at an institution.
The premise of Maniac revolves around the fantasy world of Hill’s character, who in his real life, is confined to a mental institution. Stone plays a fellow patient. The duo and Fukunaga will executive produce along with Oscar winner Michael Sugar and Doug Wald of Anonymous Content, Kruke Kristiansen & Anne Kolbjornsen and Espen PA Lervaag & Kjetil Indegard. Ashley Zalta will co-executive produce. Search is underway for a writer.
The original ”Maniac” drama series, from Rubicon TV, is written and directed by Hakon Bast Mossige and Espen PA Lervaag who also star in the show, airing on TV2.
