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Apple TV+ today announced that it will expand its slate of sci-fi series with the addition of Murderbot, a new 10 episode series from Academy Award-nominated creators and directors Chris and Paul Weitz (About a Boy, Mozart in the Jungle) that will star Emmy Award-winner Alexander Skarsgård (Succession, Big Little Lies, The Northman) in the lead role. In addition to starring, Skarsgård will serve as executive producer alongside the Weitz Brothers. The series is based on Martha Wells’ best-selling Hugo and Nebula Award winning book series, The Murderbot Diaries.
The logline for the series reads: “Murderbot is an action-packed sci-fi series, based on the award-winning books by Martha Wells, about a self-hacking security android who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable “clients.” 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 Weitz Brothers will write, direct, and produce under their Depth of Field banner. Andrew Miano (The Farewell, Columbus, Prospect) also executive produces alongside for Depth of Field. David S. Goyer (Foundation, The Sandman, Da Vinci’s Demons) executive produces alongside Keith Levine for Phantom Four. Martha Wells will serve as consulting producer.
Murderbot marks the second collaboration for Apple TV+ with storyteller David S. Goyer, who serves as showrunner and executive producer on the Apple Original Foundation, which recently aired its second season and was renewed for a third. Apple TV+ is also home to several hit sci-fi titles including Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Silo, For All Mankind, and Invasion.
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