{"id":97838,"date":"2025-04-09T17:10:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T21:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=97838"},"modified":"2025-04-09T17:10:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T21:10:27","slug":"apple-tv-debuts-trailer-for-murderbot-premiering-may-16-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/09\/apple-tv-debuts-trailer-for-murderbot-premiering-may-16-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV+ Debuts Trailer for &#8220;Murderbot,&#8221; Premiering May 16 [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97840\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/murderbot-poster.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/murderbot-poster.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/murderbot-poster-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Today, Apple TV+ unveiled the trailer for <em><strong>&#8220;Murderbot,&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> the highly anticipated comedic thriller series starring and executive produced by Emmy Award\u00ae winner Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd and hailing from Academy Award\u00ae nominees Chris and Paul Weitz. The 10-episode series will premiere globally on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Friday, May 16, 2025, followed by new episodes every Friday through July 11.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vEioDeOiqEs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Based on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42EUA40\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martha Wells<\/a>&#8216; bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-winning book series &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3GdWtf8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Murderbot Diaries<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<em>Murderbot<\/em>&#8221; is a sci-fi thriller\/comedy about a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. 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