Ivan Radford | On 10, Dec 2024

“What you all did was one of the most painful moments in the history of this company…” That’s the sound of Apple TV+ booting up Severance for a second season – and a new trailer gives us a closer look at the show’s return.

Hailing from director and executive producer Ben Stiller and creator, writer and executive producer Dan Erickson, the darkly comic thriller introduces us to Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in “work-life balance” is called into question as Mark Scout (Adam Scott), who leads a team at the company, finds himself at the centre of an unravelling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work … and of himself.

Scott co-stars alongside Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry, Jen Tullock, Michael Chernus, Dichen Lachman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken and Patricia Arquette.

“This dark, dystopian workplace thriller is a disturbingly timely watch,” we wrote in our wrote in our review of Season 1.

In Season 2, Mark and his friends learn the dire consequences of trifling with the severance barrier, leading them further down a path of woe. You can find out what the path holds in store on Friday 17th January, when the first episode of Season 2 premieres on Apple TV+ – followed by one episode weekly until the finale on Friday 21st March.

 

First look: Severance Season 2 set for January 2025 release

13th July 2024

Severance will return to our screens in January 2025, and a sneak peak gives us a first glimpse of what’s in store for the dystopian Apple TV+ thriller.

“This observational dissection of capitalism is something deliciously dark and Kafkaesque, we wrote in our review of Season 1, calling the show “a unique and unnerving piece of world-building, and one of the most worryingly pertinent TV shows of 2022.

In Season 2, Mark and his friends learn the dire consequences of trifling with the severance barrier, leading them further down a path of woe. The show reunites its ensemble cast of stars including Scott, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry, Jen Tullock, Michael Chernus, Dichen Lachman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken and Patricia Arquette, and welcomes new series regular Sarah Bock, plus new additions Gwendoline Christie, Alia Shawkat and Merritt Wever.

You can see them in action from 17th January 2025. Until then, here’s the video:

 

Gwendoline Christie, Alia Shawkat, Merritt Wever join Severance Season 2

1st November 2022

Gwendoline Christie, Alia Shawkat and Merritt Wever are among the eight star names joining the cast of Severance for Season 2.

Apple TV+’s workplace thriller stars Adam Scott as Mark Scout, who leads a team at Lumon Industries, where employees have undergone a procedure that surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This experiment in work-life balance is called into question as Mark finds himself at the centre of an unraveling mystery that forces him to confront the true nature of his work – and of himself.

The series is written and created by Dan Erickson, with Scott serving as an exec-producer alongside co-star Patricia Arquette and director Ben Stiller. The cast for Season 1 also includes John Turturro (The Plot Against America) and Christopher Walken.

Now, Season 2 is expanding its cast with eight new additions: Bob Balaban (“The Chair, “The Politician, “The French Dispatch, “Isle of Dogs), Robby Benson (“Beauty and The Beast, “One on One), Stefano Carannante (“Mirabilia), Gwendoline Christie (“Game of Thrones, “The Sandman, “Wednesday), John Noble (“Fringe, “Elementary, “The Lord of the Rings films), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (“The Tourist, “Trapped, “The Missing), Alia Shawkat (“Search Party, “Being the Ricardos, “The Old Man) and Merritt Wever (“Godless, “Unbelievable, “Nurse Jackie).

Season 1 landed 14 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, and took home awards for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series and Outstanding Main Title Design.

Production on Season 2 is now underway.

 

Apple renews Severance for Season 2

6th April 2022

Apple TV+ has already renewed Severance for a second season.

The workplace thriller stars Adam Scott as Mark Scout, who leads a team at Lumon Industries, where employees have undergone a procedure that surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This experiment in work-life balance is called into question as Mark finds himself at the centre of an unraveling mystery that forces him to confront the true nature of his work – and of himself.

The series is written and created by Dan Erickson, with Scott serving as an exec-producer alongside co-star Patricia Arquette and director Ben Stiller. The cast also includes John Turturro (The Plot Against America) and Christopher Walken.

Now, before the show has even aired its Season 1 finale this week, Apple has greenlit a second chapter.

“It’s really exciting to see the response from people who are loving the show — and the level of fan engagement,” said Stiller. “It has been a long road bringing Severance’ to television. I first read Dan’s pilot over five years ago. It has always been a multi-season story, and I’m really happy we get to continue it. I’m grateful to our partners at Apple TV+ who have been behind it the whole way. Praise Keir!”

“Thanks to creator Dan Erickson, the brilliant Ben Stiller, and an incomparable cast and crew, Severance has imagined an existence that‘s equal parts riveting and enthralling as viewers around the globe can’t get enough of these rich characters,” said Matt Cherniss, head of programming for Apple TV+. “We’re excited to go deeper into this wholly unique world and unpack more layers of Lumon in Season 2.”

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Watch: Apple unveils new trailer for Severance

21st January 2022

It’s only a couple of weeks until Apple TV+ drops its latest TV series, Severance, and a new trailer gives us a closer look at the intriguing workplace thriller.

Adam Scott stars as Mark Scout, who leads a team at Lumon Industries, where employees have undergone a procedure that surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This experiment in work-life balance is called into question as Mark finds himself at the centre of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work – and of himself.

The series is written and created by Dan Erickson, with Scott serving as an exec-producer alongside co-stars Patricia Arquette. The cast also includes John Turturro (The Plot Against America) and Christopher Walken.

The nine-episode series will premiere on 18th February, with the first two episodes arriving together and the remaining seven episodes released weekly on Friday.

Here’s the new trailer:

 

Trailer: Ben Stiller’s Severance set for February Apple TV+ debut

18th December 2021

Ben Stiller is teaming up with Apple TV+ for new workplace thriller Severance, and a new trailer gives us a first look ahead of its February release.

The series reunites Stiller with Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora), who stars alongside Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation), Britt Lower (High Maintenance), John Turturro (The Plot Against America), Zach Cherry (You, Succession), Dichen Lachman (Jurassic World: Dominion), Jen Tullock (Before You Know It), Tramell Tillman (Hunters), Michael Chernus (Orange is the New Black) and Christopher Walken.

It follows Mark Scout (Adam Scott), who leads a team at Lumon Industries, where employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in work-life balance is called into question as Mark finds himself at the centre of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work – and of himself.

The series is written and created by Dan Erickson. Mark Friedman, Chris Black, John Cameron and Andrew Colville are executive producers alongside Erickson. Ben Stiller, Nicky Weinstock and Jackie Cohn executive produce through Red Hour Productions, and both Patricia Arquette and Adam Scott serve as producers.

The nine-episode series will premiere on 18th February, with the first two episodes arriving together and the remaining seven episodes released weekly on Friday.

Here’s a teaser:

 

Christopher Walken and John Turturro to star in Apple’s Severance

3rd November 2020

Christopher Walken and John Turturro are the latest big names heading to Apple TV+ for new drama Severance.

The tech giant gave a series order to the programme last year, with Ben Stiller and Adam Scott attached to to direct and star respectively. The workplace thriller is written and created by Dan Erickson and introduces us to Lumen Industries, a company that’s looking to take work-life balance to a new level.

Scott will play the lead role of Mark, an employee with a dark past trying to put himself back together. Now, Deadline reports that Scott has some company on screen with Walken to play Burt, Lumen’s Head of Optics and Design. He joins John Turturro as Irving, a dependable longtime employee at the company.

The rest of the cast includes Patricia Arquette, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Zach Cherry and Britt Lower.

 

Apple TV+ orders Severance from Ben Stiller and Adam Scott

12th November 2019

Apple has given a series order to Severance, a new drama series directed and executive produced by 2019 DGA Award winner Ben Stiller (Escape at Dannemora) with Adam Scott (Big Little Lies, Parks and Recreation) attached to star and produce.

Severance is a workplace thriller that introduces Lumen Industries, a company that’s looking to take work-life balance to a new level. Scott will play the lead role of Mark, an employee with a dark past trying to put himself back together.

The series is written and created by Dan Erickson. Chris Black (Outcast, Desperate Housewives, Star Trek: Enterprise) will executive produce alongside Erickson. Ben Stiller, Nicky Weinstock and Jackie Cohn will executive produce through Red Hour Productions, and Adam Scott will serve as producer.

Endeavor Content will serve as the studio. The series joins several Apple TV+ projects developed with Endeavor Content, including See and the soon-to-premiere Truth Be Told.

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