Alexander Skarsgård's Murderbot Is Quippy And Has A 'Sweet Face' In First Trailer For Apple TV+ Adaptation
"Murderbot" is a quippy killing machine who can binge-watch thousands of hours of content when it's bored, as seen in the first trailer, below, for Apple TV+'s adaptation of Martha Wells' best-selling book series, The Murderbot Diaries.
Premiering Friday, May 16 with its first two episodes (followed by weekly drops through July 11), Murderbot stars Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgård (Succession, Big Little Lies) as a "self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients," according to the official logline. Upon going rogue, "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."
Rounding out the Murderbot cast are Noma Dumezweni (Presumed Innocent), David Dastmalchian (Oppenheimer), Sabrina Wu (Joy Ride), Akshay Khanna (Critical Incident), Tattiawna Jones (The Handmaid's Tale) and Tamara Podemski (Outer Range).
Check out the YouTube trailer above and then hit the comments and tell us if you'll add Murderbot to your Apple TV+ watchlist.
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