Emma Stone and Justin Theroux walked the red carpet on Thursday at the London premiere of their Netflix miniseries, Maniac. The Oscar-winning actress looked simply elegant in a Louis Vuitton ensemble of red lace-trimmed, pleated cami tucked into simple, black straight-leg pants. For accessories, she donned silver, circular earrings, a small box clutch and black ankle-strap sandals with criss-cross embellishments. Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Stone is currently the face of the French fashion brand and has been rocking its collection for the film festival circuit. While her ensemble is very elevated, we love the touch of romantic, girly vibes of her slight waved ponytail adorned with a black bow. Stone's hairstylist Mara Roszak shared a pic of the star's gorgeous 'do before hitting the carpet. Co-star Justin Theroux was dapper in an all-black ensemble of crewneck tee, tux jacket, jeans and patent leather boots. Karwai Tang/WireImage The actors posed with director Cary Fukunaga and writer Patrick Somerville. Co-star Jonah Hill was absent from the event. David M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage Watch the trailer for Stone's new film, The Favourite, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival: 'The Favourite' Trailer: Emma Stone Takes on British Royalty This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. RELATED CONTENT: Emma Stone Gets Shamed by Fans for Not Being on Instagram in New 'Billy on the Street' Emma Stone Gets Emotional About Her Close Relationship With Ryan Gosling Emma Stone Says She's Changed Her Mind About Marriage and Kids During Chat With Jennifer Lawrence Related Gallery<doc-sep>Advertisement She has been enjoying a whirlwind trip around Europe promoting her latest cinematic offering The Favourite. And Emma Stone, 29, was back to her promotional duties on Thursday night as she stepped out on the red carpet for the world premiere of her new Netflix series Maniac at London's BFI Southbank alongside her co-star and pal Justin Theroux, 47. The Oscar-winning actress looked sensational in a plunging red crepe camisole with lace inlay around the neckline as she joined Maniac writer Patrick Somerville and director Cary Fukunaga. Walk this way: Emma Stone, 29, was back to her promotional duties on Thursday night as she stepped out on the red carpet for the world premiere of her new Netflix series Maniac at London 's BFI Southbank alongside her co-star and pal Justin Theroux, 47 Continuing her chic display, she tucked her slinky garment into a pair of black high-waisted suit trousers which accentuated her lithe frame while she posed for photos. The La La Land actress, who stars in the upcoming Netflix series opposite Jonah Hill, added inches to her svelte frame as she teetered up the carpet in a pair of black and silver heels. Keeping to her glamorous ways, she swept her flame-coloured locks off her face into a soft ponytail, which was held into place with a black bow, and sported a pair of diamond hoops earrings. Emma worked a dramatic smokey with Iconic London's chrome flash eye pot in lunar and nude lip while she commanded attention making her way inside the venue, holding onto a kooky leopard print clutch. Red alert: The Oscar-winning actress looked sensational in a plunging red crepe camisole with lace inlay around the neckline Beaming: The Oscar-winning actress looked sensational in a plunging red crepe camisole with lace inlay around the neckline Far from pants: Continuing her chic display, she tucked her slinky garment into a pair of black high-waisted suit trousers which accentuated her lithe frame while she posed for photos Walk this way: The La La Land actress, who stars in the upcoming Netflix series opposite Jonah Hill, added inches to her svelte frame as she teetered up the carpet in a pair of black and silver heels Following Emma's fashionable display, her co-star Justin looked dapper in an all black suit with a simple black T-shirt underneath. The pair previously set tongues-wagging whether there was anything more to their friendship in May but it appeared to be speculation. Noticeably absent from the red carpet was Emma's co-star Jonah Hill, 34, who play Owen Milgrim in the new series. Emma stars opposite Jonah Hill, 34, for new mind bending Netflix mini-series Maniac, which follows two strangers who end up 'caught in a mind-bending pharmaceutical trial gone awry'. The new trailer of the upcoming show was released in July as part of the Television Critics Association press tour and gave fans of the Oscar winner and nominee a first look at their kooky new roles. Sitting across from each other in an all white environment, the pair stared deep into one another's eyes clad in their grey boiler suits as a voiceover begins. Ring it in! She sported a number of sparkling rings across her dainty hands Picture perfect: Emma posed for photos alongside director Cary Fukunaga, Maniac writer Patrick Somerville and co-star Justin Theroux Catching up: Keeping to her glamorous ways, she swept her flame-coloured locks off her face into a soft ponytail, which was held into place with a black bow, and sported a pair of diamond hoops earrings. Pictured with series director Cary Fukunaga Having a laugh: She held onto a kooky leopard print clutch while joking around with her director Camera ready: Emma worked a dramatic smokey with Iconic London's chrome flash eye pot in lunar and nude lip All smiles: Emma happily posed alongside the show's director and writer What is Netflix's new series Maniac about? The mind bending new series from Netflix tells the story of Annie Landsberg (Emma Stone) and Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill), two strangers drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial, each for their own reasons. While little is known about the show's arc, Deadline reported that it is 'set in a world somewhat like our own and similar to our time' Maniac is a limited series from director Cary Fukunaga, known for Beasts of No Nation and the first season of True Detective Jonah stars opposite Stone, Sonoya Mizuno, and Justin Theroux in the series, which was penned by Patrick Somerville The show is set to hit the streaming service on September 21, and is based on the Norwegian television series of the same name by Hakon Bast Mossige Jonah and Emma previously worked together on 2007 comedy Superbad, which catapulted both of them to success Advertisement The narrator starts: 'Once you begin to appreciate the structure of the mind, there is no reason to believe that anything about us that can't be changed. The mind, can be solved.' The room soon takes a trippy turn as shots are filtered with hues of cobalt blue, bright green and red as a melodic hum of 'One, two, three, one, two, three' begins bellowing over. Maniac is a limited series from director Cary Fukunaga, known for Beasts of No Nation and the first season of True Detective. Jonah stars opposite Stone, Sonoya Mizuno, and Justin Theroux in the series, which was penned by Patrick Somerville. The show is set to hit the streaming service on September 21, and is based on the Norwegian television series of the same name by Hakon Bast Mossige. 'Set in a world somewhat like our own and 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,' explains Deadline about the plot. The pair first worked together on Judd Apartow's 2007 hit comedy Superbad, which saw them play love interests Seth and Jules.<doc-sep>Maniac Netflix filming FREE now for the biggest moments from morning TV SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up fornow for the biggest moments from morning TV When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Maniac: Thriller starring Emma Stone coming to Netflix Maniac has been released on Netflix today (Friday, September 21). There are 10 episodes in the series which have been made available in one go. Maniac stars Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, who play two patients who undergo a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that takes an interesting turn. According to Netflix: “Maniac tells the stories of Annie Landsberg (played by Emma Stone) and Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill), two strangers drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial, each for their own reasons. “Annie’s 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. “Neither of their lives have turned out quite right, and the promise of a new, radical kind of pharmaceutical treatment—a sequence of pills its inventor, Dr James K Mantleray (Justin Theroux), claims can repair anything about the mind, be it mental illness or heartbreak. “They’re assured, that with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, the trail will solve all of their problems, permanently. “Things do not go as planned.” MANIAC NETFLIX RELEASE DATE Filming Maniac Where is Maniac set? Maniac is set “in a world somewhat like our world, in a time quite similar to our time”. Not quite a dystopian future, the New York setting look familiar apart from some more advanced holographic technologies. Much of the action takes place in the lab where the pharmaceutical trails are taking place. It’s also set in the minds’ of the characters taking part in the experiments. So a lot of the series is set in elaborate fantasy lands across various time periods and genres. HOW MANY EPISODES ARE IN MANIAC ON NETFLIX? Filming Maniac Where is Maniac filmed? Much of Maniac was filmed on location in New York City. Hill and Stone were spotted out shooting in Westchester, north of NYC in 2017. The towns of Ossining and Briarcliff in Westchester County were also used. HOW TO WATCH MANIAC ON NETFLIX ONLINE Filming Maniac<doc-sep>We're in futuristic New York… sort of. The Statue of 'Extra Liberty' gleams prominently from the New York harbour, a winged man wielding a spear, while citizens of the city can use an 'ad buddy' as a means of currency. Don't have the cash to get yourself a train fare? An ad buddy will sit next to you and promote companies and services for the duration of your journey to cover the cost. It's an offbeat picture of the future, not least because this seemingly advanced society is running on some pretty old tech. PCs in office building look like desktops from the late 1980s, landline phones with large buttons are installed in city apartments and while billboards speak their pre-recorded promotion to passers by, the images appear on rotating panels rather than flashy LED screens. Michele K. Short / Netflix Related: New on Netflix this week: All the new TV shows available to watch right now Enter Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill), the son of a wealthy New York family. His father, who managed to forget to include his son in a large family oil painting, speaks of a "psychotic break" that Owen experienced 10 years previously, and while Owen insists he has recovered, an imaginary, moustachioed version of his antagonistic older brother Jed appears to him and tells him he has been chosen to save the world. He must make contact with a woman who can help him. Refusing a handout from the bank of mum and dad after losing his job, Owen enrols in a paid medical trial at Neberdine Pharmaceutical Biotech (NPB) where he first sees Annie Landsberg (Emma Stone), a clearly agitated woman who Owen believes will help him save the world. She has her own desperate reasons for taking part in the trial and it seems Owen is not alone in trying to escape familial trauma and make it on his own. Bathed in neon light, the pair take their seats to watch a hilariously cringeworthy '70s-style educational video in which Dr James K Mantleray (Justin Theroux) informs the group of the trial's aims. NPB promises a safe solution to the pain caused by traumatic memories. The brain will 'remap' its response to pain, leading to pure joy. After the painful reliving of the worst day of their lives, what begins as a dark dystopia finds itself lurching into different genres as Owen and Annie find themselves thrown together in a series of shared fantasies. Sometimes darkly comedic, sometimes tense and thrilling, our protagonists find a quiet space where they can make sense of their pain and, as the operating system overseeing the tests slowly becomes sentient, the trial inadvertently offers our lonely protagonists the very thing it had been trying to prevent: connection. Michele K. Short / Netflix Director Cary Joji Fukunaga creates a curious dystopian world, an alternative future that is a marvel to explore. The series may be based on the Norwegian TV series of the same name, but there are other clear influences that help shape the warped world of Maniac. Owen's small apartment in a city high rise may put you in mind of protagonist Sam Lowry's flat in Terry Gilliam's dystopian masterpiece Brazil or, more recently, K's city apartment in Blade Runner 2049. In all three cases, the living space is small and sterile, an identikit copy, we imagine, of every other apartment in the building. The occupant is living an anonymous life and yet they dream of more; of rising above the city and its drudgery and becoming someone. It does not seem a coincidence that our protagonist, just like Sam in Brazil, has access to an opulent world of wealth and privilege that he does not feel a part of. Owen's family home is grand and gaudy in design, dripping with expensive furnishings and oil paintings. We've seen the lavish lives of the rich in recent dystopias such as Netflix's Altered Carbon and the message appears to remain the same – that it's an exclusive club for those at the top, who largely turn a blind eye to the squalor happening below. The kind of squalor that leads people to put their lives on the line for a radical drug trial. It's not an old idea that the advanced futuristic city can fall victim to a host of maladies – just look at Vortex Comics' Mister X. Depression, addiction, lethargy... it appears to be rife in this off-kilter version of New York. As Owen flicks coloured pills into the potted plants in his home, NPB request his presence at the drug trial. It's a world in which pharmaceutical companies prey on the vulnerable. It's a world where even the rich and powerful could do with a quick pill to take the edge off. But it's not a hopeless world. Emma Stone puts in a strong performance in a role that offers her a great deal of scope to show off her talent for both comedy and drama and her penchant for a trashy Long Island drawl (who knew?) while Jonah Hill too is compelling, balancing Annie's erratic and angry energy with Owen's depressive and introverted nature. Michele K. Short / Netflix Maniac is off-beat and bizarre to say the very least, yet the show is well grounded in its strong and simple central premise, its two relatable leads and Patrick Somerville's wry, humorous script. It's a weird world that has taken the concept of our growingly detached, technology-reliant lives and run with it. Why shouldn't people use a Friend Proxy service to have a friendly face to talk to, albeit wholly artificially? And why can't two people find a connection in a series of isolated psychiatric experiments? This futuristic New York is bleak and frightening, but there is a reassuring hand on our collective shoulders. There is always a way out of sadness. There is always a way to connect with someone who understands. There is always hope. Maniac launches this Friday (September 21) on Netflix. Want up-to-the-minute entertainment news and features? Just hit 'Like' on our Digital Spy Facebook page and 'Follow' on our @digitalspy Instagram and Twitter account.<doc-sep>
E mma Stone joined fellow stars of her new Netflix series Maniac on the red carpet for a night of glitz and glamour at the show’s world premiere in London. The Oscar-winning actress, 29, stepped out alongside her co-star and friend Justin Theroux, 47, as they posed for photographs at the event on Thursday night. In Maniac Theroux plays Dr James K Mantleray, an inventor of a sequence of pills he claims can permanently repair mental illness or heartbreak, with no side-effects. Speaking on the red carpet, the film and TV star said he would like to feature in one of his cousin Louis Theroux’s documentaries. Cary Fukunaga, Emma Stone, Patrick Somerville and Justin Theroux attend the World premiere of the new Netflix series Maniac / Getty Images He is the nephew of Louis’ father, travel writer Paul Theroux, who also attended the bash at the Southbank centre. The actor said of the family reunion: "Hopefully we're going to hang out later tonight. After the premiere, we'll go to the party together. "I would give anything to be the subject of one of his documentaries. Emma Stone and director Cary Fukunaga pose on the red carpet upon arrival / AFP/Getty Images "I've been trying to convince him. Maybe he could come and live with me for a month?" Starring alongside him in the dark comedy are Academy Award winner Stone and Oscar nominee Jonah Hill. The pair play two strangers who are drawn into the late stages of Mantleray's radical pharmaceutical trial.