Book adaptations are tricky. Just look at the films made from Stephen King novels for proof.
01.06.2024 - 13:03 / nme.com
Netflix‘s hit dystopian sci-fi series 3 Body Problem is coming back for two more seasons.Last night (May 31), Netflix confirmed that 3 Body Problem has been renewed for a second and third season in order to “tell the complete story of the seminal book series”. The confirmation comes after the streaming platform previously announced that “more episodes” had been ordered, but did not divulge any other information at the time.3 Body Problem will tell the complete story of the seminal book series in Seasons 2 & 3.
https://t.co/MUEjDxVDDV— Netflix Tudum (@NetflixTudum) June 1, 2024Per a press release via Netflix, writer D.B. Weiss (who also worked on Game Of Thrones) said: “We included a lot of what we loved from the [novels by Cixin Liu] in Season 1, but the vast majority of reasons we wanted to make this show are in Season 2.
We always wanted to get to the final page of the third book, and it’s really, really thrilling to us that we will get to do just that.”Based on the book of the same name by Liu Cixin, 3 Body Problem follows Ye Wenjie (Rosalind Chao) in 1960s China whose actions have a profound impact on the lives of a group of scientists in the present day.3 Body Problem also stars Jovan Adepo, John Bradley, Liam Cunningham, Eiza Gonzalez, Jess Hong, Mario Kelly, Benedict Wong and Jonathan Pryce.In a four-star review of 3 Body Problem for NME, Nick Levine wrote: “There are no small ideas here, but then again, nothing about this series is small either. It’s visually lavish, narratively rich and more than compelling enough to overcome its moments of coldness.
Book adaptations are tricky. Just look at the films made from Stephen King novels for proof.
A feature version of the buzzy Three-Body Problem sci-fi novels is in the works from veteran Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou.
Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Zhang Yimou, director of many of China’s most spectacular and successful movies, is to try his hand at sci-fi. He will direct a film adaptation of “The Three-Body Problem.” The project was announced Sunday by Wang Changtian, founder and CEO of Enlight Media, one of China’s top three studios, at a forum organized within the Shanghai International Film Festival. Wang said that Zhang is in the early stages of preparations for the film.
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Jack Dunn When series creators David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo first crafted the moment Jin Cheng (Jess Hong) and Thomas Wade (Liam Cunningham) enter the game in “3 Body Problem,” they made it so they “would put on the headset and then there’ll be a moment of black and then they go into the game.” But when they saw the scene cut together, they felt there was “something missing.” So for inspiration, they reached to another popular sci-fi series for inspiration: “Severance.” “We’re actually influenced by ‘Severance’ in the elevator scenes, you know where they have that kind of weird camera effect,” said writer and co-creator Benioff.
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Tiana DeNicola editor While numerous leading women representing scientists, technicians, engineers and mathematicians (STEM) have graced the screen throughout cinematic history, those pale in comparison to their male counterparts. Netflix’s “3 Body Problem” challenged this gender disparity and came out on top, dominating the charts for weeks. According to Luminate, “3 Body Problem” has more than 3 billion minutes watched since its March release and spent seven weeks in Netflix’s Global Top 10.
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3 Body Problem creators David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo on Friday cleared up the confusion over the Netflix sci-fi drama’s recent renewal, confirming that it will produce two more seasons.
3 Body Problem is ending after three seasons.
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