Fun Trailer for the Sci-Fi Comedy MURDERBOT Starring Alexander Skarsgård as Rogue Security Robot
Apple TV+ has revealed the highly anticipated sci-fi comedy thriller series Murderbot, which stars Alexander Skarsgård as a awkward security robot that goes rouge and searches for the meaning of life.
The series is based on Martha Wells' best-selling, Hugo and Nebula Award winning book series The Murderbot Diaries, and the story centers on “a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients.
“Played by Skarsgård, Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.”
The series was created by Chris and Paul Weitz (About a Boy, Mozart in the Jungle) and the ensemble cast also includes Noma Dumezweni (Presumed Innocent), David Dastmalchian (Oppenheimer), Sabrina Wu (Joy Ride), Akshay Khanna (Critical Incident), Tattiawna Jones (The Handmaid’s Tale), and Tamara Podemski (Outer Range).
Murderbot is being produced by Paramount Television Studios. The Weitz brothers wrote, directed and produced the series, and David S. Goyer is also an executive producer.