I'm Getting More Excited For Severance Season 3, And Even Beyond! Here's What We Know About When Production Will Start

There was some exciting news this week about Severance Season 3, which will be available with an Apple TV subscription and has been confirmed for months. We also now know that Apple Studios has acquired the show from its original production company, Fifth Season, and it seems like a fourth season is all but 100% certain. I’ll get into that later. We also have an idea when Season 3 will begin filming, which I’ll also get into here.

Season 2 of the show was a massive hit for the streamer, becoming Apple TV’s most-watched show. It was also nominated for an incredible 27 Emmy Awards, winning eight, including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Britt Lower, who plays Helly R./Helena Eagan, and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Tramell Tillman, who plays Mr. Milchick.

It is so popular that Season 3 was announced on the day the Season 2 finale dropped. With Season 3 on the way, we are starting to see the shooting schedule come into place, which gives a clearer timeline for when we might get to watch the anticipated season. Let’s get into all the details!

What Is The Severance Season 3 Premiere Date?

At the time of writing this, Severance Season 3 does not have a set premiere date, which isn’t that surprising, as there have been some changes behind the scenes that we’ll get into. However, we at least have an idea of a timeframe of how long we’ll have to wait for the next season – and thankfully, it looks like it won’t be nearly as long as last time.

Unfortuantly fans, that doesn't mean the new season is just around the corner. According to an in-depth article in Deadline in February 2026, the producers are eying a summer start date for production of the season. It's hard to predict just how long production will last, as Season 2's shooting schedule was, frankly, a mess, between Covid protocols and the two Hollywood strikes. However, it does seem like we won't have to wait three years again.

This was hinted at in the New Heights podcast with Travis and Jason Kelce when Severance executive producer Ben Stiller said that there will not be as long a wait between Seasons 2 and 3 as there was with the first season and the current season. Season 3 of Severance won't be on the 2026 TV schedule, but there is an outside chance of it hitting towards the end of 2027. I know, I know, it's disappointing, but there are some good reasons the show takes so long, which, again, I'll get into below.

Part of the delay is likely due to the announcement that Ben Stiller will not be directing the show in Season 3. Stiller reassured fans in a post on X that he’s “not going anywhere,” and will continue to serve as the executive producer. That is sure to have some ripple effects both on the production schedule and the look of the show, much of which was shaped by Stiller.

Now that Apple Studios has acquired the show, it could accelerate the process, but given how complicated the show is, we're not holding our breath. Honestly, it's more important to me (and most fans) that they get it right, rather than do it quickly, as frustrating as the timeline is.

The Severance Season 3 Cast

There are several people in the Severance cast that we can expect to return just based on the cliffhanger that Season 2 left us on. This includes:

• Adam Scott as Mark Scout/Mark S.
• Zach Cherry as Dylan George/Dylan G.
• Britt Lower as Helena Eagan/Helly R.
• Tramell Tillman as Seth Milchick
• Jen Tullock as Devon Scout-Hale
• Dichen Lachman as Gemma Scout/Ms. Casey
• Michael Chernus as Ricken Hale
• Patricia Arquette as Harmony Cobel

We did leave out John Turturro and Christopher Walken as Irving Bailiff/Irving B. and Burt Goodman/Burt G, respectively. Their stories were left up in the air in Episode 9, and thus far, everyone involved has been coy about the duo returning. However, there has been no confirmed news that Walken and Turturro won't be part of the cast, either. However, in early 2026, Turturro dropped a hint about when production would start (which is backed up by other news that this summer is the target), and that sounds like it means he'll be back, at least.

There will be plenty of popular characters back next season – especially after the terrifying and sad cliffhanger with Gemma, with Mark and Helly's innies running off together. One other character that we don't know the fate of, Ms. Huang (Sarah Bock), remains a mystery as well. But hey, mystery is what Severance is all about!

What Will Severance Season 3 Be About?

While there hasn’t been much revealed about Severance Season 3 yet, the writers have given us bits and pieces of what we can expect. Here is what we’ve heard:

Season 3 Will Have A Much Different Tone

Season 2 of Severance indeed began to dive deeper into psychological thriller territory and moments that truly had us scratching our heads. Still, the biggest moment was at the very end with that last shot of Mark and Helly running down the corridor, away from the exit. Ben Stiller spoke to IndieWire in March 2025, saying that the moment is meant to symbolize a turning point in the “tone” of the show:

With this in mind, there’s a lot that this can lead to.

Season 3 Will Dig Deeper Into People Uniting Against Lumon In Solidarity

Season 2 dipped its toes into showing what might happen when several factions of the severed floor at Lumon come together. And now, it looks like Season 3 might explore that.

Creator Dan Erickson talks with GQ in March 2025 about the moment Dylan G. stands with another department of the severed floor against Milchick. It’s meant to show that there’s more solidarity beginning to form between the departments now, which is something that will hopefully be explored more later.

The keyword there is ‘begin,’ which I hope means that Season 3 will continue to explore that situation.

John Turturro Believes This Isn’t The End For Irv

As we mentioned previously, it’s sort of up in the air right now when it comes to Irv’s fate, as well as Burt's. We last saw them in the train station where Burt sent Irv on his way to escape Lumon, but we really know nothing else about what happens to him, and we didn’t see either in the finale.

However, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in March 2025, John Turturro believes that this isn’t the end of the story for Burt and Irv – it could be if someone wanted it to end, but he thinks there’s more to tell:

Turturro also seemingly confirmed he will be back for Season 3 of Severance in an interview with People at the Emmys earlier this year, saying he hopes the character returns “with a vengeance.” That still leaves Walken’s participation up in the air, but if Irv is returning, it seems likely that Burt will too, but that’s far from confirmed right now.

They Are Still Writing The Third Season Now

In the update from Deadline in February 2026, editor-in-chief Nellie Andreeva indicated that seven episodes had been written, with another two or three to go. Not to belabor the point, but Severance is complicated, and one thing that supposedly slowed production last season was changes that were made late in the season, which affected earlier episodes, and reshoots were common. The producers hope that by buttoning up all the scripts prior to shooting, it will make the production go more smoothly for Season 3.

The writers and producers of the show, which includes Adam Scott, have been very tight-lipped about the process and the plot of the show, but with filming beginning in a few months, hopefully, we'll start hearing some more hints about what is ahead for the innies and outies working at Luman.

What are you excited about in Severance Season 3? It'll be a long wait (as is true about many shows on streaming these days), but it'll surely be worth it!