Netflix created a theatrical version of "Three-Body" to determine the first cast: Elsa Gonzalez, Benedict Wong, Zhou Caiqin, "Sam" John Bradley, "Onion Rider" Liam Cunningham, John Edpo, Jess Hong, Marlowe Kelly, Alex Sharp, Sea Shimooka, Zine Tseng, Shamo Asmani joined.
Zeng Guoxiang, the director of the first episode, "Young You", will direct and serve as the executive producer. Game of Thrones writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will be responsible for the script and producer, Alexander Wu will also serve as the screenwriter and producer, and Liu Cixin and translator Liu Yukun will serve as production consultants. Star Wars 8, "Blade Out of the Sheath" director Rian Johnson is the executive producer, Brad Pitt's PlanB Pictures and Pei Chunhua's Original Pictures are also the executive producers.
Netflix announced the first cast of the drama version of "Three-Body", but it has not yet disclosed the corresponding roles of the actors. Once the casting list is announced, it will still cause a lot of controversy in China, but the Netflix version of "Three-Body" will be a drama aimed at European and American audiences, and its dialogue will also be mainly in English, and the plot will certainly make no small changes from the original book. 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 original novel "Three-Body Problem" tells the story of what happens when humans discover that we are not alone in the universe and are ready to deal with alien forces from distant and desolate worlds. The "three-body" refers to the alien star system, which consists of three stars orbiting each other, and between them an Earth-like planet is constantly subjected to extreme heat and cold temperatures, repeatedly destroying its intelligent civilization.
In 2020, the copyright holder of the famous Chinese writer Liu Cixin's epic science fiction work "Three-Body" trilogy, Three-Body Universe and Youzu Group, together with the global paid streaming platform Netflix, announced that it has reached an agreement to jointly develop and produce the "Three-Body" series of English series episodes, and the original author Liu Cixin and English translator Liu Yukun ("Three-body I" and "Three-Body III. - Death Immortal") will jointly serve as the production consultants for the series, and also announced the first batch of core creators.
Liu Cixin, the original author and production consultant, said that he has great respect and trust in the creative team of the "Three-Body" English series, and believes that they will definitely bring a series of wonderful visual enjoyment to "Three-Body" fans around the world. As an author, he is honored to see this particular science fiction work spread around the world, and he is also happy that new and old fans around the world will be able to see this story on Netflix in the future.
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