Maniac is based on the 2014 Norwegian series and is largely set in the fantasy worlds of the characters that Jonah Hill and Emma Stone play.
The series will premiere on September 21, 2018 at Netflix.
Emmy-winner Cary Joji Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation, True Detective) directed all of the episodes, and the show was written by Patrick Somerville.
Maniac is executive produced by Stone, Hill and Fukunaga with Michael Sugar and Doug Wald from Anonymous Content, Kruke Kristiansen and Anne Kolbjornsen, and Espen PA Lervaag and Kjetil Indegard.