Production on the third season of the popular Apple TV+ series “Severance” is already underway, as writers have begun knocking out scripts in Los Angeles.
While Apple has yet to officially announce the renewal of the series, executive producer and director Ben Stiller told The Hollywood Reporter that work on the next season has begun. Stiller said he is hoping to avoid another nearly three-year gap between season that we saw between the first and second seasons.
Severance’s second season was delayed due to multiple reasons, including Hollywood writer and actor strikes in 2023, which excepting certain productions, halted production industry-wide. Production of the second season also saw extensive rewrites and reshoots, as the show’s production team sought to expand on the show’s word building and refine character arcs, to ensure the shows narrative continues to deliver.
Severance is believed to be one of the most expensive series in Apple’s streaming stable, as the cost per episode for season two is believed to be around $20 million per. Stiller says Apple remains invested in maintaining the series high production quality, even as the streaming service looks to cut costs on many of its films and shows.
“Everything changed a lot after the strike, for everyone, in terms of the way people are looking at budgets and spending,” Stiller says. “To Apple’s credit, they stayed on track with what the show was, and they’ve supported it.”
