''3 Body Problem'' is an upcoming
science fiction
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television series created by
David Benioff
David Friedman (; born September 25, 1970), known professionally as David Benioff (), is an American writer, director and producer. Along with his collaborator D. B. Weiss, he is best known as co-creator and showrunner of ''Game of Thrones'' (20 ...
,
D. B. Weiss
Daniel Brett Weiss (; born April 23, 1971) is an American television writer, director, and producer. Along with his collaborator David Benioff, he is best-known as co-creator of ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2019), the HBO adaptation of George R. R ...
and
Alexander Woo
Alexander Woo is an American writer and producer for television.
Biography
Screenwriting
Alexander Woo is best known for writing several episodes of the HBO drama series ''True Blood''. In an interview, Woo describes the "True Blood" writing roo ...
based on the
novel of the same name by
Liu Cixin
Liu Cixin (, pronounced ; born 23 June 1963) is a Chinese science fiction writer. He is a nine-time winner of China's Galaxy Award and has also received the 2015 Hugo Award for his novel '' The Three-Body Problem'' as well as the 2017 Lo ...
. The series is expected to premiere on
Netflix
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in January 2024. On June 17, 2023, a trailer for the series was released.
Premise
Ye Wenjie is an
astrophysicist who saw her father brutally murdered during the Chinese
Cultural Revolution
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. Later, she was conscripted by the military because of her scientific background and sent to a secret radar base in a remote region of China. Her fateful decision in the 1960s echoes across space and time to a group of scientists in the present day, forcing them to face humanity's greatest threat.
Cast
* Saamer Usmani as Raj Varma
* Jess Hong as Jin Cheng
*
Jovan Adepo
Jovan Adepo (born September 6, 1988) is a British-American actor. He is known for his role as Cory Maxson in the film adaptation of ''Fences'' (2016), and also had starring roles in the 2018 film ''Overlord'' and as Lionel Jefferson in CBS' '' ...
as Saul Durand
* Sea Shimooka as Sophon
* Zine Tseng as young Ye Wenjie
*
Rosalind Chao
Rosalind Chao (; born September 23, 1957) is an American actress. Chao's best-known roles have been Soon-Lee Klinger in the mid-1980s CBS show ''AfterMASH'', Rose Hsu Jordan in the 1993 movie ''The Joy Luck Club (film), The Joy Luck Club'', the ...
as Ye Wenjie (present day)
*
Benedict Wong
Benedict Wong (born 3 July 1971) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Kublai Khan in Netflix's ''Marco Polo'' (2014–2016), Bruce Ng in '' The Martian'' (2015), and Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since ''Doctor Strange'' (2 ...
as Da Shi
*
John Bradley as Jack Rooney
*
Eiza González
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as Auggie Salazar
*
Alex Sharp
Alexander Ian Sharp (born 2 February 1989) is an English actor. He is known for originating the role of Christopher Boone in the Broadway production of ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time''.
After graduating from the Juilliard ...
as Will Downing
*
Liam Cunningham
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Cunningham has been nominated for the London Film Critics' Circle Award, the British Independent ...
as Thomas Wade
* Marlo Kelly as Tatiana
*
Ben Schnetzer
Benjamin Schnetzer (born February 8, 1990) is an American actor. He was nominated for two British Independent Film Awards for his performance in the film ''Pride'' (2014).
Early life
Schnetzer was born and raised in New York City, the son of a ...
as young Mike Evans
*
Jonathan Pryce
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as Mike Evans (present day)
* Eve Ridley as Follower
*
Jason Forbes
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* Stacy Abalogun
Production
It was announced in September 2020 that David Benioff and D. B. Weiss were developing a television adaptation of the novel at
Netflix
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, with Alexander Woo co-writing alongside them.
In August 2021, Eiza González entered negotiations to join the cast. The same month,
Derek Tsang
Derek Tsang Kwok-cheung (; born 8 November 1979) is a Hong Kong film director and actor. The son of actor Eric Tsang, Tsang got his start in the Hong Kong film industry working for director Peter Chan Ho-Sun after graduating from University of T ...
was hired to direct the pilot episode. González would be confirmed by October, with the additional castings including Benedict Wong,
Tsai Chin Tsai Chin may refer to:
* Tsai Chin (actress) (born 1933), actress from Shanghai, also known as Irene Chow
* Tsai Chin (singer) (born 1957), Taiwanese singer
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, John Bradley, Liam Cunningham and Jovan Adepo announced. In June 2022, Jonathan Pryce, Rosalind Chao, Ben Schnetzer and Eve Ridley were added to cast.
Production on the series began on November 8, 2021, and will shoot in the
United Kingdom
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and
China
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.
Release
The show is due to be released in January 2024.
References
External links
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2020s American drama television series
2020s American science fiction television series
Alien invasions in television
English-language Netflix original programming
Television series created by D. B. Weiss
Television series created by David Benioff
Television shows based on Chinese novels
Television shows filmed in China
Television shows filmed in the United Kingdom
Upcoming drama television series
Upcoming Netflix original programming