Severance Director/EP Ben Stiller Confirms He's Not Directing Season 3
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Severance Director/EP Ben Stiller Confirms He's Not Directing Season 3
Severance director/EP Ben Stiller confirmed he won't have time to direct any Season 3 episodes of Apple TV+'s Adam Scott-starring series.
Published Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:08:03 -0500
by Ray Flook
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Between final Emmy Awards voting now underway and work on the third season of the hit series rolling along, things are looking good for Apple TV+, director/EP Ben Stiller, and star/EP Adam Scott's Severance. But there will be one big change heading into Season 3: for the first time, Stiller won't be helming an episode. During an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Stiller confirmed that his busy schedule on both sides of the camera (including a World War II survival film, the upcoming "Meet the Parents" sequel Focker-in-Law, and a number of other projects in play). "These things take time to come together, and the older you get, the more you realize that you only have so much time," Stiller explained.
In addition to Scott, the streaming series stars Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry, Jen Tullock, Michael Chernus, Dichen Lachman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette. Here's a look back at the exchange between Stiller and Apple's Tim Cook from March, confirming the third season:
Severance: Ben Stiller on Season 3 Writers Room, Spinoffs & More
As fans continue to intensely debate the Season 2 finale and what it could mean for the series moving forward, Stiller was able to offer some "best-left-for-interpretation" clues to the third season, and even more interesting responses when asked about expanding the franchise beyond the original Apple TV+ series when he confirmed back in May that the Season 3 writers' room was officially underway in Los Angeles, with Stiller noting at th time that he was "flying to the West Coast every 10 days or so" and Scott was "routinely popping his head in."
When asked how many episodes had been written, Stiller responded, "I don't want to talk about where we're at in our process." When asked how many seasons he sees the series running, Stiller simply offered a "small grin" and a "No Comment." That was similar to Stiller's response when asked if John Turturro would be returning, though the reporter noted that Stiller offered a "big grin." But when it comes to the possibility of spinoffs, Stiller was a bit more talkative. "There are two specific ideas — that I won't tell you — that we've talked about internally as possible spinoff ideas," shared Stiller, who added that they are at the "nascent" stage of development. In addition, Stiller added that it would "be great to have a 'Severance' video game," believing that the series "lends itself to one."
Apple TV+'s Severance is executive produced by Stiller, who also directed five episodes this season in addition to directors Uta Briesewitz, Sam Donovan, and Jessica Lee Gagné. The series is written, created and executive produced by Erickson. Severance season two is also executive produced by John Lesher, Jackie Cohn, Mark Friedman, Beau Willimon, Jordan Tappis, Donovan, Caroline Baron, Richard Schwartz, and Nicholas Weinstock. In addition to starring, Scott and Arquette serve as executive producers – with Fifth Season as the studio.
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