When the new Apple TV+ series Murderbot hits on May 16, fans of the incredible and hilarious Martha Wells books are in for a treat. But the details of Murderbot are even more incredible than the fact that the first season is fairly faithful to the first book. Because on top of a great cast and an original premise, Murderbot also features future-tense sci-fi “content,” and in the TV series version, that fake sci-fi show, The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon, will star none other than John Cho.
In the just-released first full-length trailer for Apple’s Murderbot, we get the entire set-up of the show: SecUnit (Alexander Skarsgård) is taken on a survey mission by a group of well-meaning scientists. SecUnit, who has nicknamed itself “Murderbot,” doesn’t really want to interact with humans and would rather watch a ton of shows in its own personal feed. And, just like in the books, one of the shows that SecUnit watches is called The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon. Until now, it hasn’t been revealed whether that fictional series within Murderbot will have its own cast, but now we know it very much does. Because the faux-Star Trek of the Murderbot universe will star John Cho as “The Captain.”
