A new Murderbot short story

Here's what happened after Art met Murderbot. Also, lots of behind the scenes pics and videos posted at the director's account:

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Alternate design concepts for the Apple+ Murderbot helmet

Just a few of the jillion helmets I explored while looking for “the one.” In the end it was 6B that became the seed for the #murderbot helmet you see on screen - carried onwards, upwards, and across the finish line by J. Pastrana, CD LJ Shannon, & countless others unknown to me. Killer work y’all 🫶

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— Tommy Arnold (@tommyarnoldart.com) July 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM

Apple's Murderbot series includes scenes from The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon

Variety has a new feature on the show, including lots of pics--no pics of Sanctuary Moon, but this vivid description:

Murderbot’s devotion to a futuristic TV series called The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon also evokes real people on the spectrum, who can develop a phenomenon called hyperfixation. Murderbot studies the fictional melodrama for cues about how to behave in emotional situations. The show-within-a-show stars John Cho, Jack McBrayer, Clark Gregg, and DeWanda Wise, sporting outrageous hairstyles and costumes that make the stylings of A Flock of Seagulls look like business casual.

Apple posted masked and unmasked pics of Murderbot

I sure hope the show features clips from The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon.

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Apple TV is making a Murderbot tv series starring (a famously handsome actor)

"The scripts for the ten-episode season have already been written (before the writers' strike, in fact), and production is set to start in just three months"

(Was hoping if they filmed it, we'd never see the protagonist's face.)

(Fabulous series, and quite possibly therapeutic for the right neuro-atypical person.)

(I wonder if the concept of filming an Ancillary Justice series featuring Keira Knightley is dead since the casting seemed so wrong.)

Murderbot fan art; Space Force's Egyptian emblem; Elden Ring x The Muppets

I really like the Murderbot Diaries, so have a fanart. pic.twitter.com/IO1oDYhWZ5

— Turbofanatic (@turbofanatic) July 11, 2022

Murderbot cosplay; Blue screens of death; Octagon tunnel

This is an incredible Murderbot cosplay by @topher_hunter, made for DragonCon! pic.twitter.com/g8VikA7Zo2

— Martha Wells (@marthawells1) September 1, 2021

If you ask me, this already busted ceiling-mounted LCD panel that was supposed to look like the sky inside Moynihan Train Hall at Amtrak New York Penn Station truly says a lot, about society pic.twitter.com/fmObTm45zk

— June (@RITTSQU) September 5, 2021

In case anyone was wondering, both screens are kaputt pic.twitter.com/J1XcAfyEUc

— Zach Long (@z_long) August 24, 2021

The abandoned Hakkaku ('Octagon') Tunnel in Kumamoto, Japan, which, despite being more than 100 years old, looks like the ruins of a great lost futuristic civilization. It was designed to protect the railway from rockfall, but the reasons for the octagonal design are unknown. pic.twitter.com/ngYRQe5U2M

— Irène DB (@UrbanFoxxxx) September 6, 2021

If, by some odd mistake, I were hired to make a “Dune” movie, I’d abandon the grand multiplanetary scope entirely. It’s too much to take in.

My “Dune” would be a claustrophobic chamber play about Jessica Atreides, the only real person in the book. (Modeled after Herbert’s wife)

— Pauli Olavi Ojala (@pauliooj) September 5, 2021

Someone else has probably done this, but when the meme muse speaks, you load Photoshop. pic.twitter.com/KZEMkeGHTO

— K.B. Spangler (@KBSpangler) September 4, 2021

Cringe portraits from the pandemic; Gene Hackman tells a story about being tricked by Richard Donner; Murderbot illustration

Cringe: Portraits from the Pandemic by Isaac Peifer @ass_dentata opening Friday July 9th pic.twitter.com/6LGhUatLKP

— The THNK1994 Museum (@thnk1994) July 6, 2021

One more great piece of Superman movie history is how Donner convinced actor Gene Hackman to shave his mustache for Lex Luthor. pic.twitter.com/zxdICRm9wV

— Adam Hlavac (@adamhlavac) July 6, 2021

Heard it was a holiday. You know, Murderbot went on a holiday once - to SPACE. AND IT GOT ABDUCTED. pic.twitter.com/qGwozZMQL6

— Tommy Arnold (@TommyArnoldArt) July 6, 2021

I know there’s a lot going on but at this point in the pandemic we really need to hear from the person who invented the “ass or mouth” graphic for the digital thermometer. pic.twitter.com/KafhW6CqKC

— choire sicha (@Choire) July 6, 2021

speed racer pic.twitter.com/gTRrJyGee7

— if it is to be said, so it is (@50firstkates) July 5, 2021

About that viral Eric Carle quote going around; Frog figurine; Lord of the Rings print; Murderbot illustration

I adore this passage from @poetclare's Fierce Bad Rabbits - Eric Carle fought for his caterpillar's right to be merely hungry, and not to be punished for it. pic.twitter.com/YzpzLou7OI

— Katherine May (@_katherine_may_) May 27, 2021

And here is where the fake Eric Carle interview comes from https://t.co/AzI5IVEki9

(There's something funny in how Paris Review tried to parody their own classism and pomposity, and did it in such a pompous way that you have to stare for a moment to tell they're joking)

— Avi Naftali (@AviTheNaftali) May 27, 2021

(Direct link.)

Let's go on an adventure

(prints: https://t.co/jQx0YfX3Xc) pic.twitter.com/o0jsGxNoYJ

— Sam Bosma (@sbosma) April 14, 2021

The new hotness 🔥🔥🔥

"Murderbot, Thiago and Overse clear the Space Dock," all three sporting their LPWs - "Large Projectile Weapons." This is another one from the illustrated edition of Network Effect I painted for @SubPress - badass story courtesy @marthawells1. pic.twitter.com/84mIpDuuHo

— Tommy Arnold (@TommyArnoldArt) May 24, 2021

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The Evil Queen for @SooDLee stream pic.twitter.com/Xy2OPHx8GT

— Sweeney Boo (@Sweeney_Boo) May 22, 2021

Murderbot cover art; Store security bot; Gilligan's magic robe

More tech more problems. My cover for the illustrated @SubPress edition of NETWORK EFFECT, the NYT best-selling Murderbot novel by @marthawells1 (and my favorite from the series so far). Looking forward to sharing more work from the project soon! pic.twitter.com/HaJNULDNj4

— Tommy Arnold (@TommyArnoldArt) May 3, 2021

night shift https://t.co/UvnOIHdZhZ pic.twitter.com/VcSnxpbIDp

— 👁️𝚃𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚛 𝙷𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗👁️ (@slimyswampghost) May 7, 2021

The robe worn by #TheodoreMarcuse as "Korob" on the #StarTrek episode "Catspaw", was previously worn by #BobDenver as "Fairy Godfather" in a dream sequence in the #GilligansIsland episode "Lovey's Secret Admirer." pic.twitter.com/N1iHbsWgna

— Silver Age Television 📺 (@SilverAgeTV) May 2, 2021

Pelerine, 1890. The MET. pic.twitter.com/eLy4vs2Bq7

— WikiVictorian (@wikivictorian) May 5, 2021

recklessishe:

This rarely seen Ralph McQuarrie painting was created to promote the “Sounds of Space” concert in 1978. The concert featured music from Star Wars, The Planets, Flash Gordon, Close Encounters and 2001: A Space Odyssey. The concert was only held at 3 locations: … pic.twitter.com/Lc72TFPqZd

— 70s Sci-Fi Art (@70sscifi) May 4, 2021

Murderbot prints

Made for the illustrated edition that sold out very quickly. Prints available for a short time.

French promotional video for the Murderbot novels; A hummingbird's forked tongue; Keanu as Mr. Sinister

Martha Wells signe avec Journal d'un AssaSynth un récit tout en ironie et en sensibilité sur l’éveil à la conscience et l’exercice du libre arbitre.

💡https://t.co/cGEkOOs71J pic.twitter.com/svcDgVCCks

— L'Atalante (@Latalante) December 30, 2019

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Its late, but my vote for aviation photo of the year is this one from the successful deadstick emergency landing of a #Citation in an Argentinian cornfield. Love how the trail shows the wings were rocking gently as it scythed the corn before coming to a stop. Excellent pilotage. pic.twitter.com/ZdBS2NjOev

— D. Stamos/Helodriver (@SpacecoastPix) December 29, 2019

Channel 10 logo from Uruguay, used during the 70s and 80s #number10 #fontsunday @DesignMuseum #canal10 ⬆️👁️ pic.twitter.com/men2suKteH

— Andrew Bannister (@andrewbannister) December 29, 2019

Bearded Mr. Sinister gives me Keanu vibes, so I did a quick rework :D pic.twitter.com/TMOJMKNJUx

— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) December 25, 2019