Ben Stiller and John Turturro Tease ‘Severance’ Season 2: ‘We Are Delving Into the Unknown’
variety.comEthan Shanfeld At long last, “Severance” Season 2 is set to premiere on Apple TV+ on Jan. 17, 2025, nearly three years after the first season premiered.
When the sci-fi workplace thriller returns, it is sure to resolve some of the cliffhangers that left fans buzzing after the Season 1 finale. “I think it’ll be a really interesting second season,” John Turturro, who plays company man Irving, told Variety. “We are delving into the unknown that the audience is waiting for, and then doing it incrementally.” For director and executive producer Ben Stiller, a three-year gap between seasons has them hoping these new episodes live up to fans’ lofty expectations. “It’s an interesting experience,” he said of working on Season 2 of “Severance.” “I’ve never been through it before — a second season of anything.
Everything I’ve done has gotten canceled back in the day. But, you know, I feel like there’s an expectation that the audience has — that they should have if they love something.
For us, it’s just been the process of trying to live up to our expectation of what we think the show should be and commit to that.” “Severance” follows a group of employees at a mysterious bio-tech company whose work lives and home lives have been “severed” via an experimental procedure.
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