{"id":63232,"date":"2023-12-15T02:04:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T07:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=63232"},"modified":"2023-12-15T02:43:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T07:43:54","slug":"apple-tv-lands-murderbot-with-emmy-award-winner-alexander-skarsgard-set-to-star-in-and-executive-produce-new-series-from-academy-award-nominees-chris-and-paul-weitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/15\/apple-tv-lands-murderbot-with-emmy-award-winner-alexander-skarsgard-set-to-star-in-and-executive-produce-new-series-from-academy-award-nominees-chris-and-paul-weitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV+ Lands &#8220;Murderbot,&#8221; with Emmy Award-Winner Alexander Skarsgard Set to Star in and Executive Produce New Series from Academy Award-Nominees Chris and Paul Weitz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63240\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Alexander-Skarsgard-b.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Alexander-Skarsgard-b.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Alexander-Skarsgard-b-300x209.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Apple TV+ today announced that it will expand its slate of acclaimed, expansive sci-fi series with &#8220;<em><strong>Murderbot<\/strong><\/em>,&#8221; a new 10 episode series hailing from Academy Award-nominated creators and directors Chris and Paul Weitz (<em>&#8220;About a Boy,&#8221; &#8220;Mozart in the Jungle&#8221;<\/em>) that will star Emmy\u00ae Award-winner Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd (<em>&#8220;Succession,&#8221; &#8220;Big Little Lies,&#8221; &#8220;The Northman&#8221;<\/em>) in the lead role. 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The project hails from Paramount Television Studios and is based on the best-selling and Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novels by Martha Wells.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Murderbot<\/em>&#8221; 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 &#8220;clients.&#8221; 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.<\/p><div id=\"morty-1741728693\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Murderbot<\/em>&#8221; hails from Paramount Television Studios. 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