‘Murderbot’ First Look: Alexander Skarsgård Stars In A Sci-Fi Comedic Thriller For Chris & Paul Weitz On Apple TV+ – The Playlist
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Perkins Talks Stephen King, Absurd Death Scenes & His Next Horror Film ‘Keeper’ [The Discourse Podcast]Aidy Bryant Is Ready For Round Two As Your Favorite Independent Spirit Awards Host‘Nosferatu’: Jarin Blaschke & Robert Eggers Talk Shooting Orlok With The PlaylistBrandon Sklenar Says “News To Me” Concerning ‘Nova’ Rumors But Admits Future Meeting With Marvel & Calls Batman A “Dream Role”‘The Gorge’: Scott Derrickson Talks Genre-Bending Action & Mythology & Teases A “More Violent” ‘The Black Phone 2’ [The Discourse Podcast]‘The Monkey’ Review: Osgood Perkins Turns a Somber Stephen King Story Into a Wildly Unhinged, Triumphant Horror-Comedy‘Kontinental ‘25’ Review: Romanian Iconoclast Radu Jude Sands Down His Edge [Berlin]‘Reacher’ Season 3 Review: Frontier Justice In 21st Century America Never Felt So Good‘Blue Moon’ Review: Another Precious Pearl In Richard Linklater’s Chronicles Of The Human Condition [Berlin]‘A Thousand Blows’ Review: Steven Knight’s ‘Peaky Blinders’ Follow Up 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Trailer: Danny McBride & The Gemstone Family Say Goodbye In Fourth & Final Season‘Cheech And Chong’s Last Movie’ Trailer: Documentary Celebrating The Famous Hippie Duo Arrives April 25‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Cast Talk About The “Confusing” Early Version Of The Show That Was Shut DownAidy Bryant Is Ready For Round Two As Your Favorite Independent Spirit Awards Host‘Conclave’ Takes BAFTA Crown And Says, “Now Just Wait A Minute”‘The Brutalist’ Director Brady Corbet Teases 70s-Set Mysticism Film Spanning 150 Years & Touches On Financial Strain Of Making Art‘SNL 50’ Can’t Live Up To ‘SNL 40’‘Nosferatu’: Jarin Blaschke & Robert Eggers Talk Shooting Orlok With The PlaylistWhat’s Alexander Skarsgård have in store for audiences in 2025? A new comedic sci-fi thriller from Academy Award nominees Chris and Paul Weitz.Skarsgård stars in “Murderbot,” the Weitz Brother’s adaptation of Martha Wells‘ bestselling book series “The Murderbot Diaries” for Apple TV+. In the series, Skarsgård plays a self-hacking security robot whose dangerous career hides an artificial intelligence that just wants to figure out its place in the universe. READ MORE: The 75 Most Anticipated TV Shows Of 2025Here’s an official synopsis of “Murderbot,” courtesy of Apple TV+:Based on Martha Wells’ best-selling, Hugo and Nebula Award-winning book series “The Murderbot Diaries,” “Murderbot” is a sci-fi thriller/comedy about 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.“Murderbot” also stars Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, and Akshay Khanna. Tattiawna Jones and Tamara Podemski round out the main cast.The Weitz brothers write, direct, and produce “Murderbot” via their Depth Of Field banner. Andrew Miano also serves as executive producer through Depth Of Field. Other executive producers on the show include David S. Goyer and Keith Levine via Phantom 4, and Skarsgård, with Wells as a consulting producer. “Murderbot” is a Paramount Television Studios production.The first two episodes of “Murderbot” premiere on May 16, with new episodes premiering weekly through July 11. 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