(Observer News)
According to DEADLINE local time reported on the 29th, Netflix announced the first cast of the drama version of "Three-Body Problem", but the roles corresponding to the actors have not been disclosed.
There are 12 actors who are first released, bringing together actors from well-known works such as Marvel and Game of Thrones. But most of them are not Asian actors, and this setting, which is very different from the original content, has also aroused the doubts of many fans.
Although The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and other media did not mention the corresponding roles of the actors, THE DEADLINE report highlighted four of the actors, Benedict Wang of Doctor Strange and The Avengers, Li Shaohong's version of "Dream of the Red Mansions" "Jia Mu", "Shang Qi and the Legend of the Ten Commandments" Zhou Caiqin, and "Game of Thrones" John Lee. C. Bradley and Liam · Cunningham, probably these four will play the main roles in the play.
The remaining 8 were John Lennon of "Colored Glasses" Edpo, Alita: Battle Angel, Elsa Gonzalez, Jace Hun of Brockenwood Mystery, Marlowe of Dare to Challenge Me Kelly, Alex of The Trial of the Seven Gentlemen of Chicago Sharp, Shimooka from Green Arrow Season 7, Zine Tseng, and Shamo from Prisoner 760 Asmani.
No details about the roles in the show were revealed in the report, and the roles of each actor in the play were not exposed at the same time. However, due to the fact that most of the people in this lineup list are not Asian faces, there is a big difference with the original characters, which has caused many Chinese netizens to wonder.
Some fans of the original book are worried about whether this version of "The Three-Body Problem" will "change its flavor": it will become a foreigner to save the world again? As a Chinese novel, the drama version does not have a little Chinese flavor, can it still be called "Three-Body"?
In addition to the cast, the report also introduced that the Netflix version of "Three-Body" plans to start filming in China, the United Kingdom and other places in November this year, and is expected to be completed by August next year, and it is expected to be launched on Netflix in early 2023.
The length of the episodes of the first season has not been determined, but according to the convention, the first season of "Three-Body" may have 8 or 10 episodes, and each episode is about 1 hour long.
According to the Observer Network, on August 20, Netflix's media Netflix queue announced the first director candidate, and Zeng Guoxiang, a Hong Kong-based director who has directed "July and Ansheng" and "Young You", will direct the first episode of the show, setting the tone for the whole series, and he will also serve as the co-producer of the show.
Netflix did not explain the reason for choosing Zeng Guoxiang as the director, according to The HollywoodReporter and other foreign media reports, Zeng Guoxiang's "Young You" was nominated for the 93rd Academy Award for Best International Film, which attracted widespread attention.
Although the reputation and box office of the two directed works are quite good, Liu Cixin's "Three-Body Problem" is very different from the theme and content of these two youth films, and he has no experience in creating related works in his past experience, and whether Zeng Guoxiang can control the science fiction theme has caused many questions from the original party.
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