Ben Stiller not only executive produces the hit Apple TV+ series Severance , he’s also directed 11 of the 19 episodes that make up the first two seasons. But for the show’s upcoming third season, Stiller’s directorial contributions will drop significantly. As in, to zero. According to a new piece in the Los Angeles Times , the director of The Cable Guy has had to step back from directing Severance for scheduling conflicts. Namely, he wants to direct other things before time runs out. Ominous.

“I’m at the point in my life where I’m like, ‘The clock is ticking,’” Stiller told the Times . In addition to starring in the upcoming sequel Focker-in-Law , the latest in the miraculously still going Meet the Parents saga, Stiller wants to direct a WWII survival thriller. That mo

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