Making the Murderbot

Murderbot has become a huge hit over on Apple TV Plus - and we are thrilled to be joined by Chris and Paul Weitz, the men who are showrunners for this adaptation of the Martha Wells novels - The Murderbot Diaries.
Chris and Paul talk about why they took an interest in the Murderbot story and some of the challenges they faced in making this story come to life, some of the reasons why certain characters were cast as they were, and how instrumental author Martha Wells was throughout this process.
We also talked about some of their other work, like the American Pie movie series, particularly since our show is based in West Michigan, only 40 minutes north of East Grand Rapids, the inspiration for the fictional town of East Great Falls.
And there is more - find out what book they think you should be checking out, what their favorite dinosaur is, and watch Tim be sad for running out of time to talk about Star Wars Rogue One (Chris Weitz) and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist ( Paul Weitz)

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Paul Weitz IMDb - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0919369/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

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