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Murderbot (TV series)
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Murderbot is an American science fiction action comedy television series created by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz for Apple TV+. It is based on All Systems Red, the first book of the series The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells, who serves as a consulting producer. The series stars Alexander Skarsgård as the titular character. The first season premiered on May 16, 2025. In July 2025, the series was renewed for a second season.[1]
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Premise
A media-obsessed private security construct (manufactured from cloned human tissue and mechanical parts), calling itself Murderbot, must hide its newly acquired autonomy, while completing dangerous assignments and being simultaneously drawn to humans and appalled at their weakness.[2]
Cast and characters
Main
- Alexander Skarsgård as Murderbot
- Noma Dumezweni as Ayda Mensah, a terraforming specialist, the President of Preservation Alliance and the leader of the science team protected by Murderbot
- David Dastmalchian as Gurathin, a tech expert and augmented human
- Sabrina Wu as Pin-Lee, a scientist and legal counsel to the team
- Akshay Khanna as Ratthi, a wormhole expert
- Tamara Podemski as Bharadwaj, a geochemist
- Tattiawna Jones as Arada, a biologist
Recurring
- Cast of show-within-a-show The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon[3]
- John Cho as Eknie Jef Chem (playing Captain Hossein)
- Jack McBrayer as Breiller MocJac (playing Navigation Officer Hordööp-Sklanch)
- Clark Gregg as Arletty (playing Lieutenant Kullervv)
- DeWanda Wise as Poŕdroń Bretney III Roćhe (playing Naw Bot 337 Alt 66)
Guest
- Anna Konkle as Leebeebee, a member of another survey team on the planet. The character does not appear in the novella.
- Amanda Brugel as GrayCris Blue Leader
- David Reale as GrayCris Yellow
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Episodes
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Production
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In 2021, book series author Martha Wells said that a potential TV series adaptation was in development,[4] and that she had read the script and was "really excited about it".[5] The series was greenlit by Apple TV+ in 2022, with Wells serving as a consulting producer.[6] The production design team, led by Sue Chan, started work in autumn.[7] Tommy Arnold, the Murderbot Diaries special edition illustrator,[8] created the concept art for the show.[9][10]
After the casting was delayed by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike,[6] in December 2023 it was announced that Alexander Skarsgård would produce and star in the series.[11] He developed the character and the world of Murderbot with the showrunners.[12][13] In February 2024, David Dastmalchian and Noma Dumezweni joined the cast.[14][15] In March, Sabrina Wu, Tattiawna Jones, Akshay Khanna, and Tamara Podemski joined the cast.[16]
On July 10, 2025, the series was renewed for a second season.[1] Showrunners Chris and Paul Weitz suggested the second season would combine the next three books of the series.[17][18]
Filming
Filming took place in March–June 2024,[19] in Toronto and parts of Ontario, Canada.[20] Most of the filming was done in locations,[13] with the Sanctuary Moon content filmed on the virtual production stage.[13][21]
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Release
The first two episodes of Murderbot premiered on Apple TV+ on May 16, 2025, with subsequent episodes released weekly.[22][23] The first season consists of ten episodes.[24]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Murderbot has an approval rating of 96% with an average score of 7.5/10, based on 76 critics' reviews. The website's critical consensus states, "Alexander Skarsgård's superbly dry wit brings a lot of heart to Murderbot, making for a refreshingly jaunty sci-fi saga about finally coming out of one's shell."[25] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 70 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[26]
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