Apple TV+ has dropped the Severance trailer for the upcoming workplace thriller series, which hails from director Ben Stiller and creator Dan Erickson. It is scheduled to debut on February 18 with the first two episodes, followed by new weekly installments, each Friday during its nine-episode season.
The video features a group of employees led by Scott’s Mark as they undergo a surgical procedure where they’ll take the meaning of work-life balance to a whole new level. However, after his best friend mysteriously quits, Mark will soon realize that there’s something more sinister about the company beyond its strange severance procedure.
Taking work/life balance to a brain-altering extreme. From Director @RedHourBen, #Severance comes to Apple TV+ February 18. https://t.co/XzvWPjPrYi pic.twitter.com/xiKnNgG7J2
— Apple TV (@AppleTV) January 18, 2022
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Severance stars 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.
“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.”
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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.
