Adam Scott to Star in Thriller From Ben Stiller for Apple TV+

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Adam Scott teams with Ben Stiller in a new thriller titled Severance. 

The workplace drama has been handed a series order by Apple TV+. Stiller will executive produce and direct the 10-episode show. 

Severance hails from creator Dan Erickson, who also penned the scripts and exec produced alongside Stiller and Desperate Housewives’ Chris Black.

The series is set at Lumen Industries — a company that is looking to take work-life balance to a new level. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Scott will star as Mark, an employee with a dark past trying to put himself back together. 

Apple TV+ launched November 1.