Season 2 manufacturing on the critically acclaimed hit Apple TV+ present Severance has seen delays arising from the 2 present runners hating one another, in accordance with a brand new report.
Scripts had been scrapped amid the 2 not talking to one another as director Ben Stiller looked for assist. And it appears he lastly discovered it.
Present runners’ ‘hatred’ might delay Severance season 2
Apple TV+ psycho-dramedy-thriller collection Severance — name it what you’ll, it appears to have every thing — picked up just a few Emmys for its first season. However that hasn’t helped season 2, in accordance with a brand new report in Puck.
The report wonders if Stiller can “pull off a salvage job” on the brand new season.
The 2 present runners in query are Dan Erickson, the younger creator who wrote the present’s pilot, and Mark Friedman, an skilled producer introduced in to assist. Puck mentioned a number of sources famous the 2 got here to hate one another throughout season 1 manufacturing.
Apparently Friedman deliberate to depart between seasons, however Stiller and Apple lured him again after failing to discover a appropriate substitute. Stiller directed most season 1 episodes and can return for a lot of season 2.
Issues ensued with the acrimonious pair, unsurprisingly. However with Severance being so successful, plans for attainable third and fourth seasons brewed.
The particular person Stiller ended up bringing in for these could turn into season 2’s savior, as effectively. That will be writer-producer Beau Willimon, who created Home of Playing cards and labored on Andor from Disney+.
On faucet to work towards season 3, he noticed the snafus with season 2. Episode prices skyrocketed up round $20 million apiece as delays mounted.
“So for just a few months now, Willimon has helped craft a again half of Season 2 and a template for Season 3, with the present being delayed considerably within the course of,” in accordance with Puck. It added Apple TV+ declined to remark.
No person desires to attend longer than vital for the present’s return, however we could need to just do that.
