‘Severance’: Ben Stiller To Direct Adam Scott In Apple TV+ Thriller Series
Apple TV+has scored another high-profile TV series. The streaming platform, which launched to little fanfare last week, is apparently unfazed by its lackluster debut because it is still greenlighting original titles, this time giving a series order toSeverance, a new thriller series directed byBen Stillerand set to starAdam Scott. Learn more about theSeveranceTV series below.
Apple announced that is has given a series order toSeverance, a workplace thriller written and created byDan Erickson. Stiller will direct and executive produce the series, while Scott is set to produce and star as Mark, an employee of Lumen Industries, “a company that’s looking to take work-life balance to a new level.” Mark is “an employee with a dark past trying to put himself back together,” Apple’s description reads.
This will be a reunion for Scott and Stiller, who directed theBig Little Liesactor in 2013’sThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty. They lend their star power to the relatively unknown Erickson, who worked in series development for Super Deluxe and has written for Spike’sLip Sync BattlePre-Show. Erickson’sSeverancescript was the first TV script to make it on to the annual Bloodlist in 2016.
Chris Black(Outcast, Star Trek: Enterprise) will executive produce alongside Erickson. Ben Stiller, Nicky Weinstock, and Jackie Cohn will executive produce through Red Hour Productions, while Adam Scott will serve as producer. Endeavor Content will serve as the studio. This is one of the several Apple TV+ project developed by Endeavor Content, followingSeeand the upcomingTruth Be Told.Severanceis the first new series order given by Apple TV+ since its launch last week. The tech company has already renewed several of its existing streaming shows, including Ron Moore’sFor All Mankind, the Jason Momoa starrerSee; and the Emily Dickinson comedyDickinson, starring Hailee Steinfeld, despitemixed reviews.
