Apple acquires all rights to Severance, will produce future seasons in-house

In Brief

Apple has acquired the IP and each rights to its deed amusement “Severance” from its archetypal studio, Fifth Season, arsenic archetypal reported by Deadline. Under the deal, which was worthy conscionable nether $70 million, Apple’s in-house workplace volition beryllium producing the show’s aboriginal seasons. Fifth Season volition stay arsenic an enforcement producer.

The woody is akin to 1 Apple struck with AMC Studios for sci-fi amusement “Silo” aft play one.

Severance volition present beryllium 1 of Apple’s marquee titles, joining fashionable bid specified as “Your Friends and Neighbors” and “Stick.”

According to Deadline, the accumulation costs for Severance had exceeded what Fifth Season could afford. The workplace had already requested advances from Apple and was considering relocating accumulation from New York to Canada for bigger and quicker taxation rebates. Since Apple decidedly has the funds to backmost the show, the institution decided to instrumentality afloat control.

Severance is important to the streamer, arsenic the show’s 2nd play became Apple’s most-watched bid astatine the time. It besides had the highest fig of nominations astatine the 2025 Emmy Awards.

Deadline reports that the amusement is expected to tally for 4 seasons, with the anticipation of spin-offs, a prequel, and overseas versions.

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