Yahoo Lifestyle Alexander Skarsgård Is Murderbot: Get First Look at Apple TV+ Adaptation, Find Out When It Premieres
Murderbot will activate this spring on Apple TV+.
The streaming service announced Thursday that the comedic thriller, based on Martha Wells’ best-selling book series “The Murderbot Diaries,” will premiere May 16 with its first two episodes, followed by one new episode every Friday through July 11.
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Adapted by Oscar nominees Chris and Paul Weitz (About a Boy, Mozart in the Jungle) and starring/executive-produced by Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgård (Succession, Big Little Lies), Murderbot follows a “self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients,” according to the official logline. “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.”
Rounding out the ensemble are 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).
Scroll down to see a pair of first-look photos — TVLine will update this page once a trailer is made available, so be sure to bookmark it! — then hit the comments and tell us if you’ll add Murderbot to your Apple TV+ watchlist.
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