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Severance Season 2 Adds Gwendoline Christie, Merritt Wever And More
Renewed back in April, production on the second season of the thriller drama Severance has officially begun according to Deadline. The announcement of the start of filming also comes with the addition of eight new main cast members who are joining lead star Adam Scott in the new installment. Among the new recruits are Oscar and Emmy nominee Bob Balaban (The French Dispatch), Robby Benson (Beauty and the Beast), Stefano Carannante (Mirabilia), Emmy nominee Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones), John Noble (Fringe), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (The Tourist), Alia Shawkat (Search Party), and Emmy Award-winner Merritt Wever (Godless). Expect more guest stars across the run of Season 2 as well.
“We are thrilled and delighted to be back on set for the exciting the second chapter of Severance,” said director and executive producer Ben Stiller. “Though we don’t know how long we’ve been gone or who we are outside, we are told people enjoy the show and we couldn’t be happier. Praise Kier!”
Severance Season 2 will also feature the return of Oscar winner Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation), Emmy Award winner John Turturro (The Night Of), Britt Lower (High Maintenance), Zach Cherry (Succession), Dichen Lachman (Altered Carbon), Jen Tullock (Bless This Mess), Tramell Tillman (Hunters), Michael Chernus (Orange is the New Black) and Academy Award winner Christopher Walken.
“In the first season, Mark Scout leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives,” reads the synopsis. “This daring experiment in ‘work-life balance’ is called into question as Mark finds himself at the center of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work … and of himself.”
At the most recent Emmy Awards, Season 1 earned multiple nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor for Scott, Outstanding Supporting Actress for Arquette, and Outstanding Directing for Ben Stiller. It bagged two Emmys for Outstanding Main Title Design and Outstanding Original Dramatic Score.
Severance is written and created by Dan Erickson, with Ben Stiller (Escape at Dannemora) serving as a director. Executive producers are Stiller, Erickson, Mark Friedman, Chris Black, John Cameron, Andrew Colville, Nicky Weinstock, and Jackie Cohn. It is a production by Endeavor Content and Red Hour Productions, with Arquette and Scott set as producers.
The complete first season of Severance is currently streaming on Apple TV+.
