Murderbot creators, writers, directors, and executive producers Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz had well-established source material when it came to adapting their new series for Apple TV+. Martha Wells’ Murderbot Diaries books, starting with the Hugo- and Nebula-winning novella All Systems Red, craft a specific world and an even more specific character: a self-aware Security […]
Murderbot’s Creators on Letting AI Be the Good Guy for Once
Upcoming Apple TV+ series Murderbot takes place in a future where survey missions on distant planets are required to bring a Security Unit—a hulking robot created using mechanical and organic parts—as protection. Required, that is, by the all-powerful company that controls all the commerce in the galaxy. It’s a scary situation to contemplate, especially the […]
Murderbot’s Main Character Is Both Killing Machine and Sci-Fi Nerd
Murderbot creators, writers, directors, and executive producers (and brothers) Chris and Paul Weitz are huge fans of the Martha Wells Murderbot Diaries books, and they approached their Apple TV+ series from the same perspective. Sci-fi fans like what they like, including the show’s main character, played by Alexander Skarsgård: a Security Unit that’s hacked its […]
Murderbot’s Creators Hope to Keep Going With More Seasons
Murderbot is nearly here—the first two episodes arrive May 16 on Apple TV+—but series writers, directors, and producers Chris and Paul Weitz are already thinking about what comes next. The sci-fi series stars Alexander Skarsgård as a security unit that hacks itself to gain free will, but still ends up sticking with the humans (who […]