Apple TV+ Takes Upcoming Alexander Skarsgård Series

Murderbot, a new sci-fi series set to star Alexander Skarsgård (Succession, Big Little Lies), will join the Apple TV+ slate.

Hailing from Academy Award-nominated creators and directors Chris and Paul Weitz (About a Boy, Mozart in the Jungle), Murderbot is based on best-selling novels by Martha Wells about a self-hacking security android who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable “clients.”

Murderbot is from Paramount Television Studios, with the Weitz brothers to write, direct and produce under their Depth of Field banner. Andrew Miano also executive produces for Depth of Field. David S. Goyer executive produces, alongside Keith Levine, for Phantom Four. Martha Wells will serve as consulting producer.