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Murderbot Adaptation Fleshes Out Cast with David Dastmalchian, Noma Dumezweni, and Others The Apple TV+ adaptation of Martha Welles’ The Murderbot Diaries series is moving full steam ahead. In addition to the news that Alexander Skarsgård will be playing the titular Murderbot, we’ve found out some other actors who will be on the call sheet for the production. Deadline first reported the news that David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, Dune: Part One, in which he is pictured above) has joined the cast as Gurathin. In the books, the character is an augmented human who at first doesn’t get along with our favorite SecUnit but eventually comes to hold a grudging respect for it, although the two never seem to stop taking jabs at each other when they can. We’ve also found out, again via Deadline, that Noma Dumezwani (The Little Mermaid) will be a lead opposite of Skarsgård’s Muderbot as Mensah, a scientist who is also considered to be Murderbot’s favorite human. There’s also news about four more actors joining the show: Sabrina Wu (Joy Ride), who will play Pin-Lee; Tattiawna Jones (Orphan Black: Echoes), who will take on the role of Arada; Akshay Khanna (Polite Society), who will be Ratthi; and Tamara Podemski (Outer Range), who will play Bharadwaj. These four characters are part of the PreservationAux survey team, which Dr. Mensah leads and Gurathin is also a part of, and Murderbot is first hired to defend when the events from Welles’ first book in the series, All Systems Red, unfold.

Shout out to Endo and Mac. Both were immense. Bargains both of them!

To be fair to Diaz, all our attacking players were shit at finishing. Salah is not match fit at all. From now on that useless dutch player we bought recently will be called Gakpoo.

I'm so disappointed with Diaz. He had clear cut chances to finish the game but bottled it each time . God I miss Mane. He would have slapped up City if given those chances.

ETA: Last summer, Hughes brought Andoni Iraola to Bournemouth as the club’s new head coach. It will surely be helpful to Hughes and by extension to Liverpool that Iraola is represented by the same management agency as Alonso. https://theathletic.com/5324339/2024/03/08/liverpool-richard-hughes-sporting-director-profile/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twitterfc&source=twitteruk

Konate is a very good defender. But he's slowly turning into Kieta with his injuries . Quansah against City. Yup we're going to drop points. Fuck the Europa League.

This could be fun?

@A Horse Named Stranger Florian Plettenberg.Is he reliable with regards to Bayern? He's claiming Xabi is going to Bayern .

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I think it's a mix of different things . He plays his best with Salah and Nunez. From his body language he seems a bit low on confidence. He doesn't have the pace of either Mane nor is he physically able to hold off players and gets bullied off the ball easily. Compare that to Salah who is physically shorter than him and is able to do so much more physically. So he's not pacy enough to play on the wing nor strong enough to be a 10. False 9 would be best for him.

Darwizzy! Are you not entertained? Gakpo is absolute poo! He's in danger of becoming a squad player if he continues to be poo!

The Bikeriders is a 2023 American drama film written and directed by Jeff Nichols. It tells a fictional story inspired by the 1967 photo-book of the same name by Danny Lyon depicting the lives of the Outlaws MC, a Chicago-based motorcycle club. Cast Jodie Comer as Kathy Austin Butler as Benny Tom Hardy as Johnny Michael Shannon as Zipco Mike Faist as Danny Lyon Norman Reedus as Funny Sonny Boyd Holbrook as Cal Damon Herriman as Brucie Beau Knapp as Wahoo Emory Cohen as Cockroach Karl Glusman as Corky Toby Wallace as The Kid Happy Anderson as Big Jack

I've heard of her but never read any of her stuff. So what's her 'excuse'?

William Gibson’s Neuromancer Is Getting a Series Adaptation https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2024/02/apple-tv-announces-neuromancer-new-drama-based-on-the-multi-award-winning-science-fiction-novel-by-william-gibson/ R.F. Kuang’s Babel Optioned for On-Screen Adaptation https://deadline.com/2024/02/wiip-babel-fantasy-novel-television-adaptation-temple-hill-1235839671/ Naruto’ Movie in the Works with Destin Daniel Cretton Writing and Directing (Exclusive) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/naruto-movie-in-the-works-1235833511/

The kids are alright! Looks like we have United in the quarterfinals.

The Watchers is an upcoming American supernatural horror film written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, based on the novel of the same name by A. M. Shine. It stars Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell and Olwen Fouéré.

1 more dammit?? Now that you mention it, I do remember way back reading something about that. I think I read it on Wert's blog but not 100% sure. Even so, she writes faster than the above mentioned dudes, so probably finishes the series before them all! ETA: I think she published 4 books from TSoS in 11-12 years.