It’s hard to believe it was way back in December of 2023 when we first learned that Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood, The Northman) would star as Murderbot, the snarky rogue SecUnit in Apple TV+’s adaptation of Martha Wells’s Nebula and Hugo Award-winning The Murderbot Diaries series of far future sci-fi novels and novellas that began with 2017’s All Systems Red.

In this sci-fi action comedy, Alexander Skarsgård plays a security robot "built to protect and obey" humans. It's based on the popular book series "The Murderbot Diaries" by Martha Wells and created by Oscar-nominated writers Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, who are writing, directing and producing the series, with Wells in a consulting role.

For a being named Murderbot, the star of Apple’s next sci-fi show is surprisingly relatable. The show — which is also called Murderbot — just got its first trailer, and it sets up the titular lead, played by Alexander Skarsgård,