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"Despite having never worked in television, Erickson had a pretty robust vision for the show, as Stiller spearheaded its visual language with a several-hundred-page book of architecture and movie references."

Wherrrrre is this book? I want to see this book so bad #Severance #Books #Art #BenStiller

Variety article sauce: variety.com/2025/tv/news/ben-s

Ben Stiller Adam Scott Severance Variety Extra Edition Cover Story
Variety · Ben Stiller on Severance Season 3, Spinoffs and Cut CharactersBy Ethan Shanfeld

Pitching the show was the hard part. “Nobody wanted it except Apple, which didn’t even exist yet as a streamer,” says Stiller. “It was a little bit like, ‘Oh great, the computer company!’ It didn’t even seem real.” (Now, Stiller says with confidence that Apple is “the best place” for “Severance,”

#Severance #AppleTVPlus variety.com/2025/tv/news/ben-s

Ben Stiller Adam Scott Severance Variety Extra Edition Cover Story
Variety · Ben Stiller on Severance Season 3, Spinoffs and Cut CharactersBy Ethan Shanfeld

Wait, what?!? 😮

“Ben Stiller, executive producer and director of the acclaimed Apple TV+ series Severance, has revealed that two spin-off ideas are in early development.

While the details remain under wraps, Stiller shared in an interview with Variety that these concepts are more than just casual discussions.”

#Severance #AppleTVPlus #SeveranceSpinOffs #DystopianSciFi #DystopianFiction

macobserver.com/news/ben-still

The Emmy Awards ceremony won't be held until Sept. 14, but the qualifying window is about to slam shut (to be in the running your show must have been released between June 1 2024 and May 31 2025). Here's @Variety's breakdown of the leading contenders, including "Severance," "The Studio," "Adolescence" and "The Pitt."

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The Pitt
Season 1 
Ned Brower, Patrick Ball, Noah Wyle, Tracy Ifeachor
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Variety · 2025 Emmys Predictions in Every CategoryBy Clayton Davis