Apple TV Releases Trailer for ‘Severance’; Disney Plus ‘The Proud Family’ Revival (TV News Roundup)
variety.comApple TV Plus released a trailer for “Severance,” a new workplace thriller series set to premiere Feb. 18 on the streaming platform.From writer and creator Dan Erickson, “Severance” 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 work and personal lives.
Throughout the course of the series, the mysterious and chilling “work-life balance” experiment is called into question as Mark is forced to confront reality.In addition to Scott, “Severance” also stars Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Dichen Lachman, Jen Tullock, Tramell Tillman, Michael Chernus and Christopher Walken.
The series, which comes from Red Hour Productions and Endevor Content, is directed by Ben Stiller. Stiller also serves as executive producer along with Mark Friedman, Chris Black, John Cameron, Andrew Colville, Nicky Weinstock and Jackie Cohn.
The first two episodes of the nine-episode series will stream on Apple TV Plus on Feb. 18, followed by weekly installments.Watch the trailer below.Also in today’s TV News roundup:Disney Plus announced that “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder,” the highly-anticipated revival of Disney Channel series “The Proud Family,” will premiere on Feb.
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