Why Apple's Best New Sci-Fi Series Created Its Own Version of 'Star Trek'
Ryan Britt
created: May 18, 2025, 1 p.m. | updated: May 23, 2025, 10:33 a.m.
The new Apple TV+ sci-fi series Murderbot is many things.
And it’s also a show that has a secret Star Trek-esque TV series inside of it.
In the series, we get John Cho of Star Trek fame as a kind of swaggering Captain Kirk figure, who may have the best collar and jacket in all of contemporary sci-fi.
But both Weitzes note that casting Cho because of the Star Trek connection wasn’t the only reason to bring him into this project.
We'd worked with John before on I think 12 films or something.”DeWanda Wise in Murderbot on Apple TV+.
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