Patricia Arquette to Star in Apple’s Severance

After winning the Golden Globe on Sunday, Golden Globe winner Patricia Arquette has lined up her next series role.

The actress, coming off her Globe win for Hulu’s The Act, will star opposite Adam Scott in Severance, a thriller set at Apple’s TV+ streaming platform. Ben Stiller, who directed Arquette in Showtime’s Escape at Dannemora, is directing and executive producing via his Red Hour Production company

Severance, from writer Dan Erickson and Endeavor Content, is a workplace drama set at a company called Lumen Industries that is looking to take work-life balance to the next level. Scott (Parks and Recreation, Big Little Lies) stars as Mark, an employee with a dark past who is trying to put himself back together.

Arquette will play Mark’s boss at the company.


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