The new miniseries Maniac directed by Primetime Emmy Award winner Cary Fukunaga premieres on Netflix today. Maniac follows the story of 2 strangers, Annie Landsberg played by Emma Stone and Owen Milgrim played by Jonah Hill, who decide to be part of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that can cure anything in one’s mind without experiencing any side effects or complications. Annie and Owen, along with 10 other patients enter the 3-day drug trial in hopes of being fixed. However, thing do not go as planned.
The 10 episode drama will follow Annie and Owen as they live through different fantasy worlds while being part of the pharmaceutical trial. Maniac is a remake of a Norwegian dark comedy series of the same name. Also appearing in the series is Dai Ishiguro, Sejal Shah and Sonoya Mizuno (Ex Machina, Crazy Rich Asians)