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Cary Joji Fukunaga says he won't return to direct Netflix's 'Maniac' if there's a season 2
Cary Joji Fukunaga directed all 10 episodes of Netflix's new show "Maniac," but if there's a second season he will not return.
"Maniac" director Cary Joji Fukunaga.
If there turns out to be a second season of "Maniac" on Netflix, Cary Joji Fukunaga will not be at the helm.
The latest project from the in-demand director launched on the streaming giant on Friday. Very loosely based on the Norwegian TV show of the same name, Jonah Hill and Emma Stone play two strangers who meet at a facility that's doing a pharmaceutical trial. This leads the two on fantastical hallucinations to erase the bad that's inside them.
It's still unclear if Netflix even has plans to do a second season, but Fukunaga is already making it clear that this for him is one-and-done.
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Jonah Hill and Emma Stone in the Netflix series "Maniac."
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This is not the first time Fukunaga has dazzled us with a visually stunning limited series and then walked away. He did the same thing on the hit HBO show, "True Detective."
But you can't fault the director for taking this stance. He's one of the most sought-after filmmakers working today. That was made evident on Thursday when it was announced that Fukunaga would be taking over the reins of James Bond 25.
It makes sense for him to continue to keep his options open.
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