In the winter of 2022, as the pandemic had trained many to stay indoors during the cold season, Apple TV+’s “Severance” soon became a huge hit and eventually a big Emmy player, earning 14 nominations at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series (read our season one review).

And now, the series, from director and executive producer Ben Stiller and creator Dan Erickson, comes “Severance,” season two, which is now revealed to be arriving in January of 2025.

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Apple TV+‘s critical hit series “Severance,” led by Adam Scott (“Parks & Recreation“), ended this week on a cliffhanger, don’t worry, no spoilers here. The surreal, strange show, something of a post-Charlie Kaufman-esque series about “work-life balance,” was renewed this week for a second season following the finale (which makes sense after that ending). Concept heavy—about employees at a company called Lumon who have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives—the series already felt like an extended movie mini-series.

Continue reading ‘Severance’: Creator Dan Erickson Says Apple Series Could Have Somewhere Between Two-To-Six Seasons at The Playlist.

Actor/filmmaker Ben Stiller is no stranger to examining the rigors of the American workplace. Ever since he shined a light on everyone’s favorite cable guy in, well, “The Cable Guy,” Stiller has spent some time dwelling on the relationship we have with our work and those who work with and for us. Jim Carrey‘s slapdash, stalky cable installation man is less an ugly caricature of a hapless blue-collar weirdo and more a dark dive into the delicate void of friendship, professionalism, and obsession that comes when we connect with people who we didn’t choose.

Continue reading ‘Severance’ Review: Ben Stiller Crafts A Fascinating, Eerie Meditation On Work Culture at The Playlist.

In these seemingly unending days of COVID, the boundaries between work and life haven’t just blurred; they’ve dissolved altogether to make a morass of our waking lives. Now, what if that boundary was not only back in place but also induced by a medical procedure, so our professional and personal lives remain permanently divided?

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That’s the crux of “Severance,” a new series coming to Apple TV+ next month.

Continue reading ‘Severance’ Trailer: Adam Scott & Patricia Arquette Star In A Trippy “Work-Life-Balance” Series For Director Ben Stiller at The Playlist.