Dr. Damien P. Williams, MagusDec 15, 2023

HO. LEE. SHIT.

MURDERBOT SERIES! With Martha Wells as consulting producer! YES!

Ngl, Alexander Skarsgård's name, there, caught me off-guard, as I always read SecUnit as AGGRESSIVELY agender. Like, if I had my own personal druthers Murderbot would be portrayed by a particularly buff Asia Kate Dillon or Vico Ortiz.

But I also a) love Skarsgård's work, and b) take heart that Martha Wells is directly consulting. So I'm gonna stay in "Cautiously Hype" territory.
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/apple-murderbot-series-alexander-skarsgard-1235838405/

Apple Orders 'Murderbot' Series From 'About A Boy' Filmmakers

A sci-fi series based on Martha Wells novels, 'The Murderbot Diaries,' has landed at Apple TV+.

Variety
Show threadMichael W Lucas 

@Wolven

Yes to all of this, and:

Special "producer" titles are about getting a cut of the gross, not the net. I'm delighted that a writer negotiated a Hollywood deal that got them an actual piece of the action, instead of the Hollywood-accounting "we lost money" bullshit.

Dec 15, 2023 at 3:22amWeb