Alexander Skarsgard conquered the hearts of viewers as Eric Northman in the cult story of HBO vampires, or “pure blood”. At the beginning of his career, he did not intend to follow in the footsteps of the famous father, Stellan Skarsgard, and 19 years old he joined the Swedish armed forces. He changed his mind some time later – when he visited his father in Los Angeles after the end of his service. As he recalled in the above -mentioned interview, during his visit he met with Agent Stallan, who asked him if he would go to the casting. Alexander came to the conclusion that he could go to one role as much as possible.
Over the years, Alexander played in such productions as “Donor of Memory”, “Tarzan. Legend”, “Little Doboszka”, “In the House of Another”, “Viking”, “Great Lies”, “Succession”, “Lee. With your own eyes “. Probably in 2025 we will see him in “Mordbot Memoirs” – serial film adaptation of the popular series of science fiction novels by Martha Wells.
Martha Wells is currently one of the most popular fantasy authors and science fiction. During her writing career, she was honored with the most important awards in her field – four Hugo awards, two nebulas and three locus Awards. They were all awarded for the series “Mordbot Diaries”. In 2024, the first volume of her new fantasy cycle – “Witch King” appeared on the market.
The “Mordbot Diaries” consists of seven volumes: “All Systems Red”, “Artificial Condition”, “Rogue Protocol”, “Exit Strategy”, “Network Effect”, “Fugitive Telemetry”, “COLLAPSE System”. The first five parts MAG Publishing House has already been released on the Polish market. The first two volumes (in Polish “all red indicators” and “artificial state”) were published as one book, there are the third and fourth volumes (“Protocol of Rebellion” and “Output Strategy”).
The main hero of the series is Android, which gains free will. Earlier he was protecting expeditions to foreign planets, now he spends time watching series and has an existential crisis. I don’t need friends After all, he is a lonely, sarcastic Android. However, over time, he even begins to like people and help in saving humanity.
The completion of the series was undertaken by the Apple TV+platform, which has recently been leading in science fiction productions. Only in recent years we could see “For All Mankind”, “Silos”, “Foundation” or “Dark Materia”.
Chris and Paul Weitz are responsible for the script and direction of “Mordbot Diaries”. Alexander Skarsgard will play the main roleand on the screen they will partner to him, among others Also Noma Dumasweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna.
The premiere of the first episode is scheduled for May 16 at Appletv+.
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