{"id":22963,"date":"2025-07-11T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T09:11:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T13:11:46","slug":"apple-tv-orders-more-murderbot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/apple-tv-orders-more-murderbot\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV+ Orders More Murderbot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple TV+ has greenlit a second season of its Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd-led thriller <em>Murderbot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Murderbot<\/em>, which hails from CBS Studios, is created and showrun by Academy Award nominees Chris and Paul Weitz. They write, direct and executive 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. Wells serves as consulting producer.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the first novella in Martha Wells\u2019 best-selling book series, season one tells the story of a self-hacking security construct 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.<\/p>\n<p>Skarsg\u00e5rd stars as Murderbot in season one. The ensemble cast is rounded out by Noma Dumezweni (<em>Presumed Innocent<\/em>), David Dastmalchian (<em>Oppenheimer<\/em>), Sabrina Wu (<em>Joy Ride<\/em>), Akshay Khanna (<em>Critical Incident<\/em>), Tattiawna Jones (<em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>) and Tamara Podemski (<em>Outer Range<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so grateful for the response that <em>Murderbot<\/em> has received and delighted that we\u2019re getting to go back to Martha Wells\u2019 world to work with Alexander, Apple, CBS Studios and the rest of the team,\u201d the Weitz brothers said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChris, Paul, Alexander and the entire <em>Murderbot<\/em> team have delivered a brilliantly original, addictive, witty and vibrant adaptation that has captured the imagination of audiences everywhere,\u201d added Matt Cherniss, head of programming at Apple TV+. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to unveil what\u2019s next for <em>Murderbot<\/em> and, of course, <em>Sanctuary Moon<\/em> in season two.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple TV+ has greenlit a second season of its Alexander Skarsg\u00e5rd-led thriller Murderbot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[8269,3360,10946,10947,8768,8270,10948],"class_list":["post-22963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alexander-skarsgard","tag-apple-tv","tag-chris-weitz","tag-depth-of-field","tag-matt-cherniss","tag-murderbot","tag-paul-weitz","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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