''The Three-Body Problem'' () is an unreleased Chinese
science fiction
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3D film
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, adapted from ''
The Three-Body Problem'' series by
Liu Cixin
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, directed by
Zhang Fanfan Zhang may refer to:
Chinese culture, etc.
* Zhang (surname) (張/张), common Chinese surname
** Zhang (surname 章), a rarer Chinese surname
* Zhang County (漳县), of Dingxi, Gansu
* Zhang River (漳河), a river flowing mainly in Henan
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, and starring
Feng Shaofeng
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and
Zhang Jingchu
Zhang Jingchu (, born 2 February 1980) is a Chinese film actress. Zhang is best known for winning the China Film Media Award Best Actress award for the 2005 film ''Peacock'', which was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Early l ...
.
In March 2018,
Amazon
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was rumored to be negotiating for the rights to the project.
However, YooZoo Pictures released a statement in response stating that it was the "sole owner of the rights for film and TV series adaptations."
[ Although it "was originally scheduled to be released in 2017," the project "was postponed indefinitely due to the company's internal shuffling and the rumored 'bad quality' of the film's first cut."][
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Production
The film had a budget of CN¥
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200million (US$
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30 million). Filming began in March 2015 in Heilongjiang
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and ended in July 2015, produced by YooZoo Film established in 2014 by Lin Qi.
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Chinese 3D films
Chinese science fiction films
English-language films
Films based on Chinese novels
Films based on science fiction novels
Films set in China
Films shot in Heilongjiang
Unreleased films
Films directed by Zhang Fanfan
2010s Mandarin-language films
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