Netflix has circled September 21, 2018 on its calendar for the release of the limited series “Maniac,” which stars “Superbad” alums Emma Stone and Jonah Hill.
Set in a world somewhat like our world, in a time quite similar to our time, “Maniac” tells the stories of Annie Landsberg (Stone) and Owen Milgrim (Hill), two strangers drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial, each for their own reasons, according to Netflix’s description of the show.
Annie is disaffected and aimless, fixated on broken relationships with her mother and her sister. Owen, the fifth son of wealthy New York industrialists, has struggled his whole life with a disputed diagnosis of schizophrenia.