while Severance fans will wait and wait afterwards that cliffhanger hanging on a nail at the end of season twothere is a little update about the more distant future of the show. Season three—which, as we already know, doesn’t have any entries directed by Ben Stiller—intends to begin filming this summer. What’s more, it’s like Severance The brain trust plans for a fourth season of the show, which has not yet been officially greenlit by Apple TV, which will be the last.

This news comes in a The deadline article that explains that Severance is now under the in-house Apple Studios umbrella, though its original production house, indie Fifth Season, will remain as executive producer. Amidst a lot of talk about budgets and logistics, there’s some interesting news about the show, which was created and produced by Dan Erickson, who is also an executive producer with Stiller.

One is the summer 2026 start date for the third season. However, the plan is to finish all the scripts before going into production, and that’s still going on. Kogonada (Zi, After Yang) will step into the role of producing director.

Another is this: “A fourth season is a lock and included in Apple Studios’ plans for the show. Stiller and Erickson have spoken publicly about envisioning the series to run for 3-4 seasons … four seasons is the target, and Apple is fully on board.”

Deadline emphasized that a fifth season was with Erickson and Stiller, and now it seems like it’s not in the cards. However, that is CAN change, and “the duo is open to the idea of ​​doing more than Severance universe; Possibilities include a prequel, spinoffs, and foreign versions.

The article also says that Apple Studios is well aware that Severance Fans don’t want another three-year wait between seasons—especially urgently because the second season was so popular and brought in so many new viewers. However, it is also clear that the production is not rushing a show Severance: “Due to the dense mythology of the series, the process of writing it is complicated, and an improvement in the plot of the eighth episode, for example, may require a change in the second episode where something no longer makes sense. The purpose is to do that in the form of the script-where such tweaks are relatively free … such changes in already completed episodes can lead to expensive closures and reshoot.

We will get it. But we also need to see what happens next ASAP. What are your thoughts on Severance a four-season show?

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