(L to r) ‘Murderbot’ Creators Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz.
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Premiering on Apple tv+ Beginning may 16th is the new sci-fi series’Murderbot‘, which is based on book series’ The Murderbot Diaries’ and was written, directed and produced by Chris Weitz ,American Pie‘) And Paul Weitz ,About a boy,
The new series stars Alexander Skarsgård ,The Northman‘) As the title character, as well as David dastmalchian ,The suicide squad, Noma dumezweni ,The friend, Sabrina wu ,Joy ride, Tattiawna jones ,Robocop, Akshay khanna ,Polite Society‘), and Tamara podemski ,Fancy dance,
Moviefone Recently had the pleasure of spending with series creators chris and paul weitz about their work on ‘Murderbot’, their love for the books it is based on, adapting the soures material, and the caste on For the first time.
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Alexander Skarsgård in ‘Murderbot,’ Premiering May 16, 2025 on Apple tv+.
Moviefone: to begin with, chris, when did you first become aware of the books that the series is based on?
Chris Weitz: Well, paul sent me ‘murderbot’, because he had read it and loved it. I mean, he was just reading it for fun and i love it just as much. So, my first expert was like a lot of fans of ‘murderbot’ was just from having the book placed in my hands. Then there was a great audible read, which made it even better. So, it was this kind of great comfort read for me.
Alexander Skarsgård in ‘Murderbot,’ Premiering May 16, 2025 on Apple tv+.
Mf: paul, can you talk about your love for the source material and the challenges of adapting the books for a series?
Paul Weitz: Well, there’s no real reason to adapt something. I mean, it’s not like a piece of literature that you love must be adapted. In fact, it’s usually the opposite. In this case, the sort of ressuring thing thing that we had access to Martha Wells who wrote the book, and so we didn Bollywood to take anyThaing out of the book. We Weren Bollywood Anything. We wanted to add some stuff trust it’s 10 episodes. We wanted to think about, the character’s acting this way in the book, what is his backstory? How Else might they act when we were not seem in the book? Then also some sort of Incident. But we were able to call martha and say, “Hey, we have this thought or this idea, what do you think?” Then she would eater be into it or say, “Well, would you think about something else?” I mean, she was polite, but we wanted her input throughout. So that part was fun and then working with chris on it was really fun.
(L to r) Akshay khanna, tattiawna jones, sabrina wu, david dastmalchian, noma dumezweni and tamara podemski in ‘Murderbot,’ Premiering May 16, 2025 on Apple TV+.
MF: Finally, Chris, as a Director, What is it like for you the first time you have the entry Cast togeether on set in Costume and You Begin Filming?
CW: It’s exciting. I mean, one reason is that we had Quite a lot of freedom besn’s doesn’T over describe the visual texture of this world. She was also vented to improve. Sue Chan, Our Production Designer, and Sean fadenOur visual effects supervisor, are bot incredibly talented and experienced professionals. We had the resources to make the greenst Piece of fan fiction that we could. Our interest was in making a world that didn Bollywood upon tropes that have alredy been done before, which have been done done well. But to make somewhating new and something that feels visually like a fun place to be, as well as something that feels true to the books.
Editorial Note: Krisily fernstrom Conducted this interview and contributed to this article.
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In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot secretly Gains free will. To stay hidden, it relatively joins a new mission protecting scientists on a dangerous planet … even … Read the plot
What is the plot of ‘murderbot’?
A partly biological security cyberg that privately calls itseel Appleled at their weakness.
Who is in the cost of ‘murderbot’?
- Alexander skarsgård as murderbot
- David dastmalchian as gurathin
- Noma dumezweni as mensah
- Sabrina wu as pin-lee
- Tattiawna jones as arada
- Akshay khanna as ratthi
- Tamara podemski as bharadwaj
Alexander Skarsgård in ‘Murderbot,’ Premiering May 16, 2025 on Apple tv+.
