Summary
Severanceseason 2 may have only ended a few months ago, but it seems as though the strange and psychological world of Lumon is only just getting started, as the show’s executive producer Ben Stiller would love to introduce aSeverancevideo game, as well as a couple of spin-offs. The mysterious Apple TV show’s season 2 finally arrived after a long three-year, nail-biting wait, and, as predicted, it had fans just as confused and on the edge of their seats as its first season.
Due to its strange yet captivating narrative,the popular Apple TV+ serieshad fans coming up with a whole bunch of wild and wacky theories, one of which surrounded the death of one ofSeverance’s most popular characters, Irving, due to an out-of-place foreshadowing detail. Starring Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, and Patricia Arquette,Severanceseason two took viewers deeper inside the walls of Lumon Industries as Mark tried to understand whereMs Casey had disappeared to. Like in the first season, fans were left in the dark about what Lumon was actually up to with its severed employees, and the real reason about Cobel’s history with the company as she fought to return to MDR to watch Mark complete Cold Harbor, one of the biggestSeverancemysteries. Now that fans have had time to catch their breath afterSeverance’sfinal episode left even more questions than answers, it’s time to jump back into its mysterious world yet again as Stiller reveals his next steps.
Ben Stiller Has Two Ideas for Severance Spin-Offs, as Well as a Lumon Video Game
Talking recently toVariety,Ben Stiller andSeverancestar Adam Scott revealed that they’d love to grow the show’s world into other projects, with Stiller stating that he’d love to see aSeverancevideo game based on the series.Exciting fans everywhere, Stiller said that he already had two spin-off ideas, but, naturally, he was reluctant to reveal too much about them just yet. It would “be great to have a Severance video game,” expressed Stiller, as Scott wholeheartedly agreed, saying, “I think it lends itself to one.”
“There are two specific ideas — that I won’t tell you — that we’ve talked about internally as possible spinoff ideas.”
To really get the juices flowing forSeverance’s eager fanbase, Stiller said that the spinoff ideas"are nascent," so there could be further news on what’s in store for the show’s universe sooner rather than later. The producer also revealed that he was initially going to play a doctor character inSeveranceseason one, but that he ended up not going with the idea in the end. “We talked about it. There was a storyline that we were thinking about, but it just didn’t feel right,” Stiller said. “It’s great that I’m not in it. I’m very happy to not have my face on the billboard.” Stiller and Scott are also toying with the idea of producing merchandise like Lumon keyboards, as long as it feels “bespoke and specific to the show.”
The concept ofSeverancereceiving a video game adaptation would certainly appeal to many fans, especially since there are alreadysimilarities between the series andThe Stanley Parable,a first-person narrative-driven game originally released as aHalf-Life 2mod in 2011 before getting a standalone release in 2013. As forthe next season ofSeverance, Stiller previously revealed that they are currently “working towards starting up our Season 3 work.”
