‘Severance’ Director Ben Stiller And Cast On Taking The Workplace Comedy Genre And “Flipping It On Its Head” — Contenders TV

Ben Fogle will be on TV screens on Thursday night as he fronts the new series of Ben Fogle & the Lost City. And no doubt his wife, Marina Hunt, and their two children are beyond proud of his latest project! MORE: Ben Fogle's family photo album: see adorable snaps of the presenter's loved onesBen met Marina for the first time while they walked their dogs together in Hyde Park, and they married in 2006.

The new Apple TV+ series Severance just ended its first season and it is one of the most highly-acclaimed shows of the year already!

Ben Stiller is keeping it all in perspective. The director reconciled with his wife, Christine Taylor, over the course of the pandemic, and couldn’t be happier about the direction his life has taken.“I’m so happy where I’m at in my life and the fact that we're even able to be here together doing this right now, all those things are now not taken for granted,” Stiller told ET’s Denny Directo. “The whole last few years have been a time for everybody to kind of get in touch with a lot of that.” Stiller, 56, and Taylor, 50, announced their split in 2017, after 17 years of marriage, but neither officially filed for divorce.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Among the chrome skyscrapers and beckoning show lights in Downtown Miami stands The Freedom Tower, a government building with a distinctive Mediterranean flair that processed Cuban refugees who fled the nearby Caribbean nation to pass the time between Fidel Castro and democracy.Cuban-born actor Yul Vázquez was one of those thousands of exiles who found themselves in that immigrant wave’s Ellis Island, waiting for rations of powdered milk, cans of SPAM and surplus eggs, holding his mother’s hand next to his sister.Everyone in that tower thought the situation was temporary. That was in 1971.

, the Apple TV+ puzzle box series from creator and writer Dan Erickson and director and executive producer Ben Stiller, has come to a shocking yet satisfying end, the cast and creative team has opened up to ET about spoilers, including Stiller’s secret cameo, and hopes for season 2. In the workplace thriller, Adam Scott plays Mark Scout, an employee at the mysterious biotech company, Lumon Industries, that has undergone a controversial surgical procedure, which divides a person’s workplace and home life memories and results in separate lives led by the innies, those inside the office, and outies, those at home and beyond. “I certainly understand why my character in the show wants to do this — it's just so that he doesn't have to feel anything for eight hours a day,” Scott told ET about Mark’s decision to become “severed,” which is a way to spare himself the grief he still suffers from after his wife Gemma died in a car accident. But after the unexpected departure of Petey (Yul Vazquez), the leader of Mark’s department and the arrival of a new recruit, Helly (Britt Lower), the balance in office is quickly thrown into chaos, much to the chagrin and concern of supervisor of the severed floor, Seth Milchick (Tramell Tillman), and his boss Harmony Cobel (Patricia Arquette). “It’s an amazing part.

Released to almost universal acclaim, the gritty drama Severance has been taking Apple TV+ fans by storm. The show's finale aired on Friday (April 8), and it gave us some troubling revelations about the real work/life balance at Lumon Industries.

Imagine if Chucky was a workplace comedy.

Deadline’s photo studio at the 2022 edition of Contenders Television kicked off its first day by hosting fest-goers such as Ben Stiller of Severance,  Amy Poehler of Russian Doll, Selena Gomez of Only Murders In The Building, Jared Leto of WeCrashed and many more.

Deadline’s annual Contenders Television kicked off at Paramount Studios on Saturday by hosting panel guests including Josh Brolin of Outer Range, Ben Stiller of Severance, Amber Ruffin of The Amber Ruffin Show, Selena Gomez of Only Murders In The Building among many others.

Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette hit the red carpet for the season finale event for Severance at DGA Theater Complex on Friday night (April 8) in Los Angeles.

Apple TV+‘s critical hit series “Severance,” led by Adam Scott (“Parks & Recreation“), ended this week on a cliffhanger, don’t worry, no spoilers here. The surreal, strange show, something of a post-Charlie Kaufman-esque series about “work-life balance,” was renewed this week for a second season following the finale (which makes sense after that ending).

Showtime’s , on Apple TV+ is the latest puzzle box series to capture the fascination of critics and fans alike. And after eight episodes, season 1 of the workplace thriller from creator and writer Dan Erickson and director and executive producer Ben Stiller has come to a shocking close with a finale that left star Tramell Tillman screaming.

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains details from the season finale of Apple TV+’s Severance.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorTo underscore the strange spin on work-life balance in the new Apple TV Plus series “Severance,” cinematographer Jessica Lee Gagné worked closely with production designer Jeremy Hindle on a variety of subtle lighting choices to deliver a world of contrast to audiences.In the sci-fi drama, which is currently streaming, workers at tech company Lumon Industries have agreed to be microchipped, dividing their memories between home and office.The corporate world of Lumon is windowless and sparsely furnished, with stark white walls, a deep green carpet and four cubicles for new employee Mark, played by Adam Scott, and co-workers Helly (Britt Lower), Irving (John Turturro) and Dylan (Zach Cherry). Gagné was able to find lighting cues and nuances in the script to offer variation in the overwhelming white office.

Severance has been renewed for a second season at Apple TV+.The mind-bending dark satire, directed by Ben Stiller and featuring a cast led by Adam Scott (Parks And Recreation), follows a team at the mysterious Lumon Industries who have opted to undertake a “severance” procedure, which surgically divides employees’ memories between their work and personal lives.As the story develops, the characters permanently living out their consciousness inside the office, known as the “innies”, begin to question what kind of work they’re performing for Lumon – and what kind of lives their “outies” lead on the other side of their consciousness.Severance also stars Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Dichen Lachman, Jen Tullock, Tramell Tillman, Michael Chernus and Christopher Walken.The news arrives just ahead of Friday’s (April 8) highly-anticipated season one finale – you can watch the first season trailer below.“It’s really exciting to see the response from people who are loving the show – and the level of fan engagement,” Stiller said in a statement Wednesday. “It has been a long road bringing Severance to television.

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Ben Stiller is looking back at one of his first acting jobs!

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterSPOLER ALERT: Do not read if you have not yet watched “What’s for Dinner?,” the April 1 episode of “Severance.”Heading into its Season 1 finale next week, Apple’s “Severance” has finally answered at least one very burning question for fans: What the heck is a Waffle Party? On Friday, viewers saw exactly what Lumon Industries’ severed workers get as part of that top-tier reward through the experience of MDR employee Dylan (Zach Cherry). Well, not all of it, because Dylan actually high-tails it out of the Waffle Party prematurely in order to flip the control room switch that will help his coworkers Mark (Adam Scott), Helly (Britt Lower) and Irving (John Turturro) in their plan to “wake up” as their Innie in the real world.

Not even Ben Stiller is immune from embarrassing himself in front of one of his heroes.