One of many funniest exhibits of your entire 2025 TV schedule has been delivering laughs with the unlikely mixture of the straightest of straight faces from main man Alexander Skarsgård and earnest performances from his co-stars. Fortunately for followers, Apple TV+ is not conserving followers hanging about whether or not Murderbot might be again to proceed the adventures of SecUnit past the upcoming Season 1 finale. Sure, Murderbot scored an early renewal for Season 2, so viewers with an Apple TV+ subscription can try the finale on July 11 safe within the information that the trip is not over.
The excellent news additionally jogged my memory of what co-stars Akshay Khanna and Tamara Podemski instructed CinemaBlend a few second season. However first issues first!
Murderbot Returns For Season 2
Primarily based on the literary world constructed by writer Martha Wells, Murderbot debuted on Apple TV+ again in Could as a collection that might delight each readers and viewers who had by no means learn the books. The streamer introduced the Season 2 renewal simply at some point earlier than the Season 1 finale on July 11. The collection had a profitable group behind the scenes that led to its Licensed Recent score from Rotten Tomatoes, with Academy Award nominees (and brothers) Chris and Paul Weitz as showrunners and Emmy winner Alexander Skarsgård as star and government producer.
In a press release relating to the renewal, the Weitz brothers stated that they are “so grateful” for the response to Murderbot, and so they’re “delighted” to return to “Martha Wells’s world to work with Alexander, Apple, CBS Studios and the remainder of the group.” There’s loads of supply materials for the present to work with, as the primary season was based mostly on simply the primary of the seven Murderbot Diaries novellas penned by Martha Wells. Alexander Skarsgård will get to proceed the frilly technique of placing on the Murderbot armor, after telling CinemaBlend why he prefers sensible results over CGI.
Followers should tune in to the finale to see how the the primary season units up the way forward for Murderbot itself, and I can not help however wonder if or not the Weitz brothers have been together with the Season 1 solid after they talked about working with “the remainder of the group” once more for Season 2. Regardless of the future holds, the solid members have been enthusiastic when I spoke to them earlier this yr throughout Apple TV+’s Murderbot press junket.
What Akshay Khanna and Tamara Podemski Told Us
When I was lucky sufficient to talk with the Murderbot solid throughout Apple TV+’s press junket, the comedy was nonetheless months away from a renewal for Season 2. Nonetheless, I needed to ask Akshay Khanna and Tamara Podemski: would they be enthusiastic about coming again in a second season if that was a chance? They after all did not spoil how Season 1 would finish, however they left little question about whether or not they’d wish to return to their characters if given the possibility. Podemski, who performs the unfortunate geochemist Bharadwaj, stated:
For many who are huge followers of the books, we all know what Guide 2 is about, and in order that half is somewhat bit complicated, of the place PresAux suits into that, however the world is so unimaginable. Yeah, we simply wish to do it over and again and again.
Askshay Khanna, who performs the wormhole knowledgeable Ratthi (who ought to in all probability be stored distant from any weapons), echoed his co-star’s sentiments. He shared:
We would come again in a heartbeat, completely. And I’m intrigued to see if it does go ahead, how they do it, as a result of, like I stated, the books have a really particular type of arc, so it could be very, very fascinating, I assume.
The query is not whether or not the solid members need to come back again, however whether or not their characters finish Season 1 in a spot that they’re going to want to come back again. Guide readers might have an concept of what might come subsequent, however I for one am glad to have fun the early renewal and cross my fingers that the actors get their needs to come back again “over and again and again.”
The Season 1 finale of Murderbot releases on Friday, July 11 on Apple TV+, at which level you’ll stream the complete first season. It stays to be seen if a cliffhanger is in retailer, provided that the primary season was filmed lengthy earlier than Season 2 was renewed. No matter occurs: Murderbot itself will endure for a second season (and hopefully extra Sanctuary Moon).