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

[MacRumors]

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

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]

I Gotta have more cowbell !

 

[davidec]

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

 

[flottenheimer]

<3 Christopher Walken <3
What an amazing actor!

 

[Spacetime Anomaly]

Wasn’t this a film with Danny Dyer?

Avoid the meat pie.

 

[moarpower]

He was great in Wedding Crashers.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Who else read this article with Walken's accent?

 

[Plutonius]

I think that Apple needs to spend more money on A list actors like Christopher Walken to win the streaming battles.

 

[Black Belt]

Apple TV+ just got more cowbell

 

[Psychicbob]

Watch out! Vincenzo’s about!

 

[the8thark]

TV+ is slowly going the way of most mainstream networks across the world. A safe space where anything that challenges their agenda is prevented from having airtime. I refuse to support these networks for this exact reason.

 

[Kabeyun]

I’m in. I don’t care if he does a caricature of himself, I’m totally in.

 

[ghostface147]

Let me guess what type of character he is going to be...

 

[SchrodingersMartian]

I Gotta have more cowbell !

I'm here just for this! Christopher Walken! More Cowbell!!!

 

[citysnaps]

I Gotta have more cowbell !

And please, explore the studio space.

 

[icanhazmac]

Whenever I watch Pulp Fiction I have to play his part 2 or 3 times, pure genius!

 

[LeadingHeat]

Definitely will be watching this on day one if Christopher Walker is at the helm.

 

[ArPe]

Apple TV gets more cowbell but we need more cowbell.

 

[carrrrrlos]

Just watched The Morning Show - since Apple TV came free for a year w/ new purchase - pretty good. The Apple+ intro bumper is awful. Compared to many others, including Amazon, which has the most colorful, dynamic, and catchy tone.

 

[DocMultimedia]

He’s a great scary guy. Quality hire.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Just watched The Morning Show - since Apple TV came free for a year w/ new purchase - pretty good. The Apple+ intro bumper is awful. Compared to many others, including Amazon, which has the most colorful, dynamic, and catchy tone.

I actually really like the Apple TV+ Intro.

 

[SDJim]

NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M WALKEN ABOUT!

 

[robjulo]

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

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.

 

[mores]

I hope this gets done before my get-one-year-apple-tv-plus-for-free-because-you-bought-an-iphone-12 deal expires!

 

[yegon]

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.