The renewal comes ahead of the show’s first season finale today. 

It’s only been streaming since May, but Apple TV+ have confirmed that season 2 of Murderbot is coming.

The show, from Chris and Paul Weitz, adapts the Hugo and Nebula award winning novella series The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells.

It stars Alexander Skarsgård as the title character, a security robot who has to hide the fact that it has gained free will and guard its human clients on a dangerous mission — but who really wants just to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.

Skarsgård leads a cast which includes Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna, Tattiawna Jones and Tamara Podemski.

For more on the show, check out our article on why you should be watching it.

The Weitz brothers said:

“We’re so grateful for the response that Murderbot has received and delighted that we’re getting to go back to Martha Wells’ world to work with Alexander, Apple, CBS Studios and the rest of the team”.

The Weitz brothers write, direct and produce the show, with Andrew Miano, David S. Goyer and Keith Levine executive producing.

We’ll keep you posted on season 2 of Murderbot. In the meantime, you can find the first season at Apple TV+.