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Severance has returned to production on

its second season after a months-long delay
due to the recently resolved actors’ and
writers’ strikes.

The Emmy-nominated sci-fi thriller series,

starring Adam Scott as an employee who’s
undergone a surgical procedure to divide
his memories between work and personal
life, first debuted in the early months of
2022.

Production on season two started a year

later but was quickly halted in May 2023
when the writers’ union went on strike,
followed by the joint actors’ union (SAG-
AFTRA) strike in July.

However, now that both strikes have

officially come to an end, Severance co-
director Ben Stiller has announced that the
team is “back to work”.

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Apple TV+ and Stiller shared the news on

X on Monday (29 January) alongside a
black-and-white, behind-the-scenes photo
of Scott in character, running on set.

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Severance was officially renewed for a

second season on 6 April, two days before
its season one finale aired. Fans were
overjoyed by the news, with one claiming
that if it hadn’t been renewed, they would
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“It’s really exciting to see the response

from people who are loving the show – and
the level of fan engagement,” Stiller said at
the time of the announcement.

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“It has been a long road bringing Severance

to television. I first read Dan’s pilot over
five years ago. It has always been a multi
season story, and I’m really happy we get to
continue it. I’m grateful to our partners at
Apple TV+ who have been behind it the
whole way. Praise Keir!” he added.

Season one of Severance landed several

nods at the 2022 Emmys, including
Outstanding Drama Series. It ultimately
lost the category to HBO’s family drama,
Succession.

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Scott also earnt a nomination for

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
He ended up losing the category to Squid
Game star Lee Jung-jae who made history
as the first Korean actor to win a Best Actor
award.

“Compartmentalising home and work life

is taken to a new level in this starry Apple+
thriller, which delivers a Kafkaesque
nightmare for its ‘severed’ employees,”
Leonie Cooper wrote in her three-star
review of season one for The Independent.

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“As high concept television goes,

Severance is pretty lofty, but its ambition is
compelling – not least because it might just
be the bulls*** jobs backlash we’ve been
waiting for,” she added.

Severance is out now on Apple TV+.

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