
Based on Martha Wells’ award-winning book series,
Murderbot is a science fiction comedy thriller which follows a security android known as SecUnit (Alexander Skarsgård), who figured out how to hack his own governor module, gaining free will. Although now free, SecUnit, pretending to still be under corporate control, decides to stay with the group of humans who have rented him for protection, even if he would prefer to binge-watch soap operas then interact with them. In the most recent episode, the team heads across the planet to find the fate of the DeltFall team who they fear might be in danger. SecUnit arrives to find that not only has the DeltFall team been killed, but someone has also hijacked their security unit’s programming by installing a combat override module, and whoever is responsible, is still lurking nearby.
Recently, creators and writers of the series, Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, who also directed some of the episodes, spoke with SciFi Vision about bringing their version of
Murderbot to life, what made them want to adapt it, their favorite parts, casting Skarsgård, and more.