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Christopher Walken Joins Cast of Upcoming Apple TV+ Thriller 'Severance'

Christopher Walken has been cast in a lead role in upcoming Apple thriller series "Severance," reports Deadline.

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The 77-year-old Oscar-winning actor will star alongside Patricia Arquette and Adam Scott, who has taken on another lead role in the series. Other actors already on board include Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower and John Turturro.

"Severance" has been described as a workplace thriller set at a company called Lumen Industries that's aiming to take work-life balance to a new level. Walken will play Burt, the department Head of Optics and Design at Lumen Industries, while Scott will play Mark, an employee with a dark past, and Arquette will play Mark's boss.

"Severance" is being directed and produced by Ben Stiller, and was created by Dan Erickson. It comes from Endeavor Content, a company also producing current Apple TV+ shows "See" and "Truth Be Told."

Apple has yet to announce a launch date for "Severance," but it has been ordered straight-to-series with a 10-episode first season.

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ironpony Avatar
79 months ago
I Gotta have more cowbell !
Score: 26 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Apple Knowledge Navigator Avatar
79 months ago
Who else read this article with Walken's accent?
Score: 18 Votes (Like | Disagree)
davidec Avatar
79 months ago
Good on Apple for going for quality and using quality actors, directors and producers. Taking guidance rather than dictating. Apple + is a resounding success thus far and shows Netflix and other quantity over quality streamers to be finite
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
79 months ago
Whenever I watch Pulp Fiction I have to play his part 2 or 3 times, pure genius!

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flottenheimer Avatar
79 months ago
<3 Christopher Walken <3
What an amazing actor!
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79 months ago

Are you really trying to argue that there isn't "quality" on some of the other streamers? If so, you simply aren't paying attention to some pretty amazing shows.
I agree.

Good shows elsewhere very easily get lost in the morass, but can comfortably match, and sometimes exceed, anything ATV+ has to offer. Admittedly, it’s all down to personal taste and I’m not interested in an argument where nobody can possibly “win” as it’s entirely subjective. Personally, there’s 10 times plus more content on Netflix that I’ve enjoyed over the years versus ATV+. Anyone feels otherwise, that’s great!

The big difference with ATV+ is that, amongst Apple nerds (I’m one!), the combo of embarrassingly small output + heavy coverage means everyone is aware of every show available.

I liken it to the early days of Xbox Live Arcade. There weren’t many games, and everyone knew which the good ones were. Now, on Steam, the market places of Switch, PS & Xbox there are so many games it’s effectively impossible to be aware of all the ones truly worth playing.
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