Lumon employees at the work-life balance thriller Cut off As Adam Scott's Mark returns to work, a smiling Mr. Milchick (Tramell Tillman) greets him with balloons that appear to have Mark's face printed on them, according to an Apple TV+ teaser.
“Welcome back,” Milchick says in the clip. “It's been a minute.”
In a social media post, Apple TV+ wrote: “Your mani has already seen this image,” referring to employees trapped in the endless work cycles at Lumon Industries. Since the sci-fi thriller premiered in February 2022, starring Scott, Patricia Arquette and Britt Lower, Cut off Fans eagerly awaited his return.
The series follows the lives of people who volunteer for the 'redundancy' process, a surgical procedure that separates their professional and personal lives, i.e. 'innie' Mark exists in a mind-numbing cycle of monotonous work tasks, while 'innie' Mark outie' Mark remains unaware of what his working self is doing for eight hours a day. In recent years, the series created by Dan Erickson and directed by Ben Stiller has suffered a number of its own workplace dramas. smallScript problems, rising production costs and friction between showrunners Dan Erickson and Mark Friedman led to unexpected delays, according to Puck News. Stiller responded to these allegations in a social media post in August 2023.
“Nobody's going to the break,” Stiller wrote X. “We're on the same very slow schedule we've always been. The same broadcast date we've always had. We love our fans and each other and we're all working to make the show the best it can be.”
The nearly two-minute clip also features clips from new shows, including He is presumed innocent starring Jake Gyllenhaal (released June 12) and Lady at the Lake starring Natalie Portman (released July 19). Outside Cut offhit shows like Silo, Slow Horses, Pachinko, and Shrinkage, they also return to the streamer. The Apple TV+ teaser also includes footage from new movies throw me to the moon Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum. The Instigators, starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. and, Wolves starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
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