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[12/14/23 - 11:11 AM]
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
"Murderbot" 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 "clients."

[via press release from Apple]

Apple TV+ lands "Murderbot," with Emmy Award-winner Alexander Skarsgård set to star in and executive produce new series from Academy Award-nominees Chris and Paul Weitz

New series based on Martha Wells' best-selling, Hugo and Nebula Award winning book series, The Murderbot Diaries

Apple TV+ today announced that it will expand its slate of acclaimed, expansive sci-fi series with "Murderbot," a new 10 episode series hailing from Academy Award-nominated creators and directors Chris and Paul Weitz ("About a Boy," "Mozart in the Jungle") that will star Emmy Award-winner Alexander Skarsgård ("Succession," "Big Little Lies," "The Northman") in the lead role. In addition to starring, Skarsgård will serve as executive producer alongside the Weitz Brothers. The project hails from Paramount Television Studios and is based on the best-selling and Hugo and Nebula Award winning novels by Martha Wells.

"Murderbot" 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 "clients." 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" hails from Paramount Television Studios. The Weitz Brothers will write, direct, and produce under their Depth of Field banner. Andrew Miano also executive produces alongside for Depth of Field. David S. Goyer executive produces alongside Keith Levine for Phantom Four. Martha Wells will serve as consulting producer.

Paul Weitz recently wrote and directed "Fatherhood" starring Kevin Hart, while Depth of Field's "The Farewell" won best feature at the 2020 Independent Spirit Awards. Chris Weitz most recently wrote "The Creator" and is in post on his next feature "They Listen."

The series marks the second collaboration for Apple TV+ with storyteller David S. Goyer, who serves as showrunner and executive producer on the global hit, Apple Original epic "Foundation," which recently aired its second season. Apple TV+ is also home to a growing offering of broadly acclaimed, hit sci-fi titles including "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters," "Silo," "For All Mankind," "Invasion" and more.

Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all your favorite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have been honored with 415 wins and 1,730 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy "Ted Lasso" and historic Oscar Best Picture winner "CODA."

About Apple TV+

Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries and regions, on over 1 billion screens, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, popular smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL, and others, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles, and at tv.apple.com, for $9.99 per month with a seven-day free trial. For a limited time, customers who purchase and activate a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac can enjoy three months of Apple TV+ for free.* For more information, visit apple.com/tvpr and see the full list of supported devices.

About Paramount Television Studios

Paramount Television Studios (PTVS) is a leading content studio, developing and financing a wide range of cutting-edge and entertaining television programs across all media platforms for distribution worldwide. New programming from PTVS includes the musical event seriesGREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES and the reimagining of the 80s cultural touchtone FATAL ATTRACTION, both for Paramount+. For Prime Video, PTVS is producing the highly anticipated final season of TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN starring John Krasinski, as well as REACHER and the upcoming CROSS. PTVS is also producing TIME BANDITS for Apple TV+ and THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES for Disney+. Other titles include THE OFFER and the upcoming second season of JOE PICKETT for Paramount+ and the award-winning STATION ELEVEN for HBO MAX. Paramount Television Studios is a subsidiary of Paramount (NASDAQ: PARA; PARAA), a global content company with premier television, film, and digital entertainment brands. 





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