news culture Netflix: a crazy new project from the creators of Games of Thrones. Sci-fi fans and Brad Pitt, get ready!
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Announced for some time now, the adaptation of the sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem by David Benioff and DB Weiss, the creators of the Game of Thrones series, is starting to materialize in earnest. The production includes big names such as Brad Pitt and Rosamund Pike.
Summary
- From the creators of Game of Thrones
- Released in 2023?
From the creators of Game of Thrones
Huge blow from Netflix, who managed to recruit David Benioff and DB Weiss, the two creators of the Game of Thrones series, the biggest TV success of the last decade. For some time now, the two men have been working for the platform on a particularly ambitious project: the adaptation of the sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, a saga that comes straight from China. “The Most Ambitious Science Fiction Book” that the duo read from them.
A true bestseller, Three-Body Problem is a choral story that spans the 60s to the present day, telling of the encounter between humanity and an alien race ready to fight. Literary saga with an ambitious story, diversity of points of view and characters, great human fresco… here we find many points in common with the two showrunners’ previous work.
The two men continue to dig into Game of Thrones as the series will be carried off Liam Cunningham, who played Ser Davos Mervault in all eight seasons of the HBO series. According to him, this new program was to faithfully transcribe the plot of the books. Thus he claimed “Those involved in the production treat Liu Cixin’s books with the utmost respect”. From Game of Thrones we also find John Bradley (Samwell Tarly) and Jonathan Pryce (The Great Sparrow).
Released in 2023?
At the moment, little information is circulating about this series, but we know that filming has been completed. Currently in post-production, the program may well be released within the current year. We are probably holding Netflix’s most ambitious project to date, with significant resources and, above all, big names associated with the production. David Benioff and DB Weiss in the lead, but also brad pittwho produces the series with his company Plan B. In addition, we also note the presence of Rosamund Pikeas well as Ryan Johnson, director of Looper, Star Wars VIII and also the two Knives Out films. Very beautiful people gathered for an oh so exciting project. Honestly, there’s a lot to be excited about.
