“Severance”: Apple's hit series gets a third season

It was to be expected, but now the confirmation is there: “Severance”, Apple's most popular drama series with retro and scifi vibe at its in-house streaming service TV+, officially gets a third season. The terminated Apple on Friday. Producer and director Ben Stiller had previously shown that work on the scripts has already started. Above all, this time it shouldn't take as long as the next series starts: three whole years had passed between season 1 and 2, including because of the long strike in Hollywood.

Team and actors are happy

“Everything seems to be in order at Lumon Industries. After the second season of” Severance “broke as the most viewed series on Apple TV+ records, the global phenomenon, which was awarded Emmy and Peabody Award, was extended for a third season,” writes Apple. “Severance” has already been described as the “best TV series of the past ten years” and a “cultural phenomenon”, according to the group. Stiller and the “Severance” inventor and showrunner Dan Erickson were also positive. Leading actor Adam Scott said that he could “no longer look forward to continuing to work with Ben, Dan and our incredible occupation and crew”.

“Severance” deals with a group of employees in a powerful large corporation whose work and private life was separated from each other about a process called “Severance”- so they do not know their “in the” in “and” Outie “, at least that was the case in the first season. The second was about what happens when both “characters” know each other – and further complications for the Lumon Industries company. “Severance” had broadcast the tenth and last episode of season 2 last week on Friday. When season 3 will come is still unclear – it could be in the coming year, but not until 2027.

Apple TV+ currently not profitable

In addition to Scott, “Severance” can be seen an ensemble cast from Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry, Jen Tullock, Michael Chernus, Dichen Lachman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken and Patricia Arquette. The series is above all In New Jersey turned. The budget should be very extensive, supposedly $ 20 million per episode and thus One of the most expensive TV series at all.

Most recently, there were reports that Apple has so far spent many billions for TV+, but has not yet made any profits. The service is significantly smaller than competitors such as Netflix or Disney+. However, Apple calculates with high losses for at least ten years – even these brands are said to be exceeded, which is why CEO Tim Cook asked his managers to start the red pencil.