In light of recent reports of issues during the filming of Severance season 2, director Ben Stiller refuted the report, saying that everyone is working together to make a healthy work environment and everything is going slowly but smoothly.Following a report that Severance's two showrunners have been having issues with one another on the Apple TV Plus show's set, which has led to Stiller scrambling to find a replacement, Stiller gave his take on what's been going on in response to another report that refuted the initial one. Stiller says that everything is fine, though the process has been slow, as it always is. Stiller responded to a Severance fan page on Twitter that shared info on a report that refuted the initial claim. "No one’s going to the break room. We’re on the same really slow schedule we’ve always been on. Same target air date we’ve always had. Love our fans and each other, and we all are just working to make the show as good as possible," Stiller tweeted with a blue heart emoji. This was in response to the Twitter account Severance Updates, which aggregated the report refuting the previous one with the caption, "The Daily Beast has updated their reporting on the so-called #Severance BTS drama. Everybody cool it with the hysteria, please."
Many are looking forward to seeing where Severance goes from here after it became the surprise hit of 2022. While the show was a slow burn, the finale had an excellent payoff because not only was it cathartic to see the innies experience the world on the outside and expose Lumon Industries' corruption, but the show left on a cliffhanger. Helly exposed that Lumon kept the innies prisoner to the public (or did she?), Irving went over to Burt's house to seek out his love Burt, and Mark revealed that his wife, who his outie believed to be dead, has been alive the whole time and working for Lumon.
It is comforting that, from the horse's mouth, things aren't as bad as they appeared in the initial report. Usually, production problems lead to certain shows not being as good as they had been. Take The Walking Dead for example. The show changed course once they fired the original showrunner Frank Darabont after season 1, which led to the show not having nearly as strong of a cinematic feel after that. Who knows how the show would have turned out had they kept him around? Hopefully, Severance won't have that issue during its run.
Sadly, Severance being as good as it was in season 1 may make fans restless since Stiller indicated that the process will be slow, meaning the jury will be out on season 2's release. At the same time, art shouldn't be rushed. Barry took a three-year hiatus between seasons 2 and 3 - though that was due to the untimely pandemic - but they managed to keep the show's quality anyway, making the wait worth it. Hopefully, Severance won't take that long, but if they do, fans should be optimistic that the story will only get better from there.
Severance season 1 can be streamed on Apple TV Plus.
Source: Ben Stiller/Twitter