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[NotTheGuyYouKill]

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2016/03/...ing-in-tv-comedy-from-true-detective-director

Emma Stone and Jonah Hill are set to star in a new, dark comedy TV series with True Detective: Season 1 director Cary Fukunaga at the helm.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the potential series is based on Maniac, a 2014 Norwegian comedy series. Here's an quick synopsis of the original series, courtesy of THR:

"The original Maniac revolves around Espen, a mental patient at the psychiatric ward who escapes reality and lives in a fantasy world in his mind."

Stone, Hill, and Fukunaga will all serve as executive producers, with Fukunaga expected to direct every episode. Production companies Paramount Television and Anonymous Content are reportedly shopping the series with the goal of a straight-to-series, potential two-season order.

Stone and Hill previously worked together on the 2007 comedy, Superbad. Fukunaga most recently directed Netflix's Beasts of No Nation.

 

[tomtom94]

Okay, so Stone and Hill I get, but Fukunaga?

 

[cameron]

Okay, so Stone and Hill I get, but Fukunaga?

What's wrong with Fukunaga?

 

[tomtom94]

What's wrong with Fukunaga?

Seems an odd fit is all.

 

[Mike Works]

Seems an odd fit is all.

I would argue based on the synopsis that Fukunaga seems like the best fit of the three.

 

[Walpurgis]

True Detective season 1 was awesome and Beasts of No Nation was brilliant. Fukunaga making a show about a mental patient living in his own mind sounds perfect. The fact that he is directing every episode is even better.

Everything he makes is beautiful.

What's wrong with Fukunaga?

He's a genius.

 

[hateradio]

Insteresting.

Should be a good watch.

 

[Akahige]

Fukunaga has quite a few tv shows on his plate, looking forward to watching all of them, and it's nice to see him do something outside the box compared to his previous work.

 

[Gamer @ Heart]

Okay, so Stone and Hill I get, but Fukunaga?

It sounds like alot of the story takes place in a crazy persons head. If there is anyone you want to do that visual justice, it's him

 

[overcast]

Wonder if Netflix ends up scooping this up

 

[Walpurgis]

Wonder if Netflix ends up scooping this up

I hope so. I don't want to deal with the hassle of Amazon taking it.

 

[iPaul93]

Sounds interesting,but I guess it'll be a couple of years till it comes out.

 

[Discotheque]

Fukunaga is prolly my favorite recent director tbh. I'm in day one.

 

[mekes]

I would argue based on the synopsis that Fukunaga seems like the best fit of the three.

First take - it seems potentially interesting.

Second take - I definitely agree.

 

[Davey Cakes]

I'm totally interested in this.

I like Stone and Hill enough and I have a soft spot for dark comedies.

TD season 1 speaks for itself.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Fukunaga can do better than to work with these guys.
C'mon man.

 

[Bearthgar]

Sequel to Superbad?!

 

[giga]

Fukunaga can do better than to work with these guys.
C'mon man.

Jonah can act. He won me over in wolf of Wall Street.