Can the showrunners of ‘Game Of Thrones’ build on their old successes with their new series? That will become clear when “3 body problemstarts on Netflix on March 21, 2024. In any case, the streaming service and the series’ creator duo have big plans to create a similarly epic series highlight as “Game Of Thrones” – and this time too, a series of novels serves as a template.
Based on Liu Cixin’s ‘Trisolaris’ books, David Benioff, DB Weiss and their colleague Alexander Woo tell a decades-long story in ‘The Three-Body Problem’ in which contact with aliens is initially made in China during the Cultural Revolution. . A momentous decision is made, the consequences of which only become clear much later…
Because in the present, a group of scientists is confronted with extremely mysterious events – and even contact from aliens. The aliens from a planet with three suns are on the verge of the end of their own world and this also affects the inhabitants of Earth.
“Game Of Thrones” power in front of and behind the camera
“3 Body Problem” or “The 3 Suns”, as the series has since been called, is described by Netflix as “cross-genre”, and you can easily imagine that, given the multitude of topics: Science fiction, mystery, thriller and historical drama come together here. But it is not only the ambitious project of a spectacular literary adaptation and the involvement of Benioff and Weiss that ensure that Netflix can inherit the legacy of ‘Game Of Thrones’:
Several stars from the HBO fantasy hit even appear on camera. The showrunners of “Game Of Thrones” probably only had to make a few phone calls to get old friends on board to represent the international cast, including Benedict Wong, Rosalind Chao, Eiza González, Jess Hong, Zine Tseng and Saamer Usmani. It is the same with “The 3 Suns”. John Bradley (Samwell Tarley), Jonathan Price (Hoge Mus/Hoher Mus) and Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth/Seewert).
Here is the new trailer in the original version for you: