Even with 2024’s worst superhero movie under his belt, and the leading role in one of the best original sci-fi shows to-date, Adam Scott isn’t ruling out a return to the superhero genre. Scott is set to return to our screens in the second season of Apple TV+’s phenomenal Severance, created by Dan Erikson and directed by Ben Stiller. Season 2 is set to premiere on the streamer on January 17, and the show should put the actor back in the good books after his supporting role in 2024’s Madame Web, as a younger Uncle Ben Parker (before he became an uncle).
During an interview with ComicBook to promote the second season of Severance, Adam Scott addressed whether there could be a potential return to the world of comic book movies. “I don’t know. Never say never,” the actor teased.
In addition to Severance, Scott is also best known for playing the ‘King of the Nerds,’ Ben Wyatt, in Parks and Recreation. Fans of the beloved sitcom will be delighted to learn that Scott shares his old character’s love of superheroes: “I think that it’s a genre that I, certainly, as an audience member, participate in. I like seeing all those movies, I watch them all.”
Despite being one of the worst rated super hero films of all time, Madame Web probably won’t be the last time we see Scott in a superhero movie. In the past, the actor has proclaimed himself to be a former comic book collector as a kid. “I was really into comics as a kid. I actually grew up in Santa Cruz, California, where they shot The Lost Boys. And the comic book store in [The Lost Boys] was the comic book store that I would go to just about every day to get all my latest comic books,” he told SiriusXM’s Jess Cagle in 2022.
He didn’t reveal which comic books he grew up on, but we’re now desperate to see Adam Scott get a chance to redeem himself in the comic book genre again in the future.
The Sony Spider-Man Villains Universe is Officially Dead
If Scott does appear in another comic book movie, it certainly won’t be in Sony’s Spider-Man villains shared universe. While Madame Web‘s poor reviews and box office performance built the web-textured coffin for the franchise, Kraven the Hunter sunk in the final nail. Released in late 2024, Kraven the Hunter (starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the titular “villain”) was another box office flop for the franchise, receiving similarly bad reviews. Following the film’s box office run, Sony announced they were finally giving up on the franchise, marking the end of one of the worst reviewed comic book movie series in history.
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‘Severance’ Season 1 Is Free To Stream Right Now, No Apple TV+ Required
Apple is so confident audiences will be hooked on ‘Severance’ that they are offering Season 1 for free.
But that hasn’t stopped Scott’s career from continuing to rise. Season 2 of Severance premieres on Apple TV+ on January 17. Season 1 was a major hit for the extremely underrated streamer, earning a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score of 97%. The reviews are already in for Season 2, and it holds a similarly impressive critics score of 94%.
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February 18, 2022
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1
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Dan Erickson
, Mark Friedman
This story originally appeared on Movieweb
