Within the upcoming TV present Murderbot, the titular safety bot performed by Alexander Skarsgård has simply managed to hack his programming, liberating him from humanity’s orders. And, as seen within the first trailer for the brand new Apple TV+ “sci-fi thriller/comedy” (that’s how the press launch describes it), the one factor Murderbot needs to do together with his newfound freedom is… binge content material.
The official abstract for the collection introduces the self-named character of Murderbot as “a self-hacking safety assemble who’s horrified by human emotion but drawn to its weak purchasers. Performed by Skarsgård, Murderbot should cover its free will and full a harmful project when all it actually needs is to be left alone to observe futuristic cleaning soap operas and determine its place within the universe.”
Murderbot relies on the award-winning novel collection by Martha Wells, tailored by Chris and Paul Weitz. The Weitz brothers have had an eclectic profession since directing 1999’s American Pie, shifting from the realm of crass teen intercourse comedy to the extra nuanced A few Boy (which earned them an Oscar nomination for tailored screenplay). Since then, they’ve labored collectively and individually, with Chris’s credit together with directing The Twilight Saga: New Moon and co-writing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and The Creator.
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Along with Skarsgård, the Murderbot solid contains David Dastmalchian, Noma Dumezweni, Sabrina Wu, Tattiawna Jones, Akshay Khanna, and Tamara Podemski as a crew of scientists Murderbot is assigned to guard, together with John Cho, Clark Gregg, DeWanda Clever, and Jack McBrayer as actors in Murderbot’s favourite present, The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon.
The primary two episodes of Murderbot premiere Might sixteenth, 2025 on Apple TV+, with new episodes launched Fridays. Take a look at the trailer under. Skarsgård’s most up-to-date TV look was an surprising cameo within the ultimate season of What We Do within the Shadows — learn extra about that right here.