Remember David Benioff and D.B. Weiss? You may have tried to shove the Game of Thrones creators out of your mind because the final season sucked or whatever, but they are still around and quite busy. That’s what $200M will do, and that’s what Netflix paid them to create streaming content rather than do a Star Wars movie. And their first project out of the gate is 3 Body Problem, an adaptation of the Chinese sci-fi novel by Liu Cixin.
Teaming up with Alexander Woo (The Terror), Benioff and Weiss’s series follows the generations-long repercussions of a fateful decision made in the 1960s. Here’s the synopsis:
“A young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China reverberates across space and
time to a group of brilliant scientists in the present day. As the laws of nature unravel before their eyes, five former colleagues reunite to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history.”
The massive ensemble includes Jess Hong, Benedict Wong, Eiza González, Jovan Adepo, Alex Sharp, John Bradley, Saamer Usmani, Liam Cunningham, Rosalind Chao, Jonathan Pryce, Marlo Kelly, Sea Shimooka, Ben Schnetzer, and Zine Tseng.
Rian Johnson, Rosamund Pike, and Brad Pitt are aboard as exec-producers, adding to what looks to be a powerhouse project from Benioff and Weiss.
There’s still quite a wait, though. 3 Body Problem hits Netflix in January 2024.
