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Q&A: ‘Severance’ is renewed for Season 3. Ben Stiller once thought the series might not get made

“Severance” is beloved by critics and audiences alike. But there was a time when star Adam Scott and executive producer-director Ben Stiller worried the Apple TV+ series might never get made.

But there was a time when star Adam Scott and Ben Stiller, who executive produces and directs the Apple TV+ series, worried it might never get made. The show — a dark, surrealist commentary on our work-obsessed culture that was hardly guaranteed to reap mass appeal — was set to start production on its first season in March 2020. So, any time we’ve had delays, especially the first season we were in prep and were about to start shooting, then COVID hit so we had an extra six months to work on the scripts and all the other ideas that we were developing.

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