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'Severance': Apple picks up Ben Stiller drama series

By Annie Martin   |   Nov. 8, 2019 at 12:13 PM
Ben Stiller will direct and executive produce the new Apple TV+ series "Severance." File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Adam Scott will star in the new Apple TV+ series "Severance." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson, from left to right, attend the Cannes International Film Festival screening of "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)" in 2017. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI

Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Severance, a new drama series from Ben Stiller, is coming to Apple TV+.

The streaming service announced in a press release Friday that it gave a series order to the workplace thriller, written and created by Dan Erickson.

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Stiller will direct and executive produce the show, with Big Little Lies and Parks and Recreation actor Adam Scott to star and serve as producer.

Severance takes place at Lumen Industries, a company attempting to take work-life balance to a new level. Scott will play Mark, an employee with a dark past trying to put himself back together.

Erickson will executive produce with Stiller, Chris Black, Nicky Weinstock and Jackie Cohn.

Apple TV+ launched this month with new original series, including The Morning Show, starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, and See with Jason Momoa. The streaming service renewed See, Dickinson and For All Mankind this week.

In addition, Apple TV+ has new series in the works, including the thriller Servant from M. Night Shyamalan. A new trailer for the show features a couple (Toby Kebbell and Lauren Ambrose) who are keeping a dark secret.

Stiller has previously directed films, including Zoolander and Tropic Thunder, and the Showtime limited series Escape at Dannemora.