“Murderbot” partial poster featuring Alexander Skarsgård.
Murderbot — the critically acclaimed sci-fi action-comedy series starring Alexander Skarsgård — wraps up this week on Apple TV+. What time will it begin streaming?
The official summary for Murderbot reads, “Based on Martha Wells’ bestselling Hugo and Nebula Award-winning book series The Murderbot Diaries, Murderbot is a sci-fi thriller/comedy about a self-hacking security construct who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients.
“Played by Skarsgård, 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 also stars Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna, Tattiawna Jones and Tamara Podemski. Murderbot was created by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz and executive produced by David S. Goyer.
Episode 10 of Murderbot, titled The Perimeter, will begin streaming on Apple TV+ on Friday, July 11, at 12:01 a.m. PT/3:01 a.m. ET. The first nine episodes are already available on Apple TV+
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‘Murderbot’ EP Says Alexander Skarsgård Immediately Nailed The Tone Of The Character
During a Zoom conversation with Murderbot exective producer David S. Goyer prior to the premiere of the series in May, the prolific filmmaker said Alexander Skarsgård gave the perfect read on the character.
“A lot of very good actors auditioned [for the role], but they were just taking it too seriously,” Goyer said. “Alexander didn’t audition — he was an offer — but we had a number of conversations first and he was really eager. He immediately realized the kind of opportunity [the role presented], that you love because [it’s] crotchety and weird and super on the spectrum and blurts out things. That’s why you love [it].”
On top of that, Goyer said of Skarsgård, “He’s funny in real life and also just a really lovely guy. He’s very self-deprecating.”
The season finale of Murderbot will begin streaming on Apple TV+ on Friday at 12:01 a.m. PT/3:01 a.m. ET.