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☆ A billionaire helped bring ‘3-Body Problem’ to Netflix. His business partner ensured he never lived to see its premiere
  + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
Hong Kong CNN —Lin Qi, a billionaire fan of “The Three-Body Problem,” had big plans to bring his favorite Chinese sci-fi novel to TV, cinema and video-game screens across the world. Xu was sentenced to death for murder by a court in Shanghai on March 22 - the day after the much-anticipated debut of “3 Body Problem” on Netflix. 3 Body Problem. Soon, he was sidelined, with key projects handed to another executive, Zhao Jilong, one of the executives who would later have his drinks poisoned by Xu, according to Caixin. When Netflix announced its adaptation project of “The Three-Body Problem” in September 2020, Lin and Zhao were listed as executive producers, with Xu’s name conspicuously missing.
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☆ Netflix's '3 Body Problem' makes some big changes from the book. Here's how the show and novels differ.
  + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
AdvertisementNetflix's "3 Body Problem" is an adaptation of Liu Cixin's wide-ranging "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy of novels. Speaking of Yun Tianming, he got turned into Will DowningWill Downing signs on to the Stairfacer Project in "3 Body Problem." Saul is based on a character named Luo JiSaul is chosen as a Wallfacer in "3 Body Problem." The VR headsets are way simpler in the seriesJack Rooney wears a virtual reality headset in "3 Body Problem." NetflixIn "3 Body Problem," Ye Wenjie's daughter Vera Ye dies by suicide in the first episode.
Persons: Liu Cixin's, —, David Benioff, Weiss, Alexander Woo, Auggie Salazar, Ed Miller, Wang Miao, Da Shi, Salazar, Eiza González, it's Wang Miao, Wang Miao's, Jin Cheng, Jess Hong, Jin, Copernicus, Wang, she's, Netflix Wang Miao, Cheng Xin, She's, Yun Tianming, Will Downing Will Downing, Will Downing, Oxford alums, He's, Jack Rooney's, Saul, Luo Ji Saul, Netflix Saul, he's, Saul isn't, Luo Ji, they're, Ye, ETO Jonathan Pryce, Mike Evans, Tatiana, Marlo Kelly, Sophon, Evans, Shimooka, Alicia Vikander, Evan Rachel Wood, Jack Rooney, we'd, Ye Wenjie, Vera Ye, Yang Dong, Yang Weining Organizations: Service, Netflix, intel, Stairfacer, Oxford, United Nations, UN, ETO, Trisolaris Organization, Red Coast Locations: China, England, San, Red
☆ '3 Body Problem' director says the 'pressure was huge' to represent Chinese history accurately on screen
  + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
"3 Body Problem" is a show about aliens — but before that, it's about a woman during the Cultural Revolution. AdvertisementNetflix's "3 Body Problem" is preoccupied with the far-flung reaches of the universe — but its moments of deep, historical specificity are where it thrives the most. BI spoke with the director about the pressure to authentically render Chinese history and virtual reality alike on screen. Ye Wenjie's father is beaten to death during a struggle session during the Cultural Revolution in "3 Body Problem." Derek Tsang on the "3 Body Problem" set with Jess Hong and camera operator Sean Savage.
Persons: Derek Tsang, Ye, Tsang, —, Liu Cixin's, David Benioff, Weiss, Alexander Woo, Oscar, Yu Guming, Tseng, Maria Heras, Zine Tseng, Ye Wenjie, Dave, Dan, Alex, you've, she's, It's, Ed Miller, it's, David, they're, Jess Hong, Sean Savage, Jonathan Freeman, Jonathan, Jin Cheng, We've Organizations: Service, Hong, Cultural, Netflix Locations: Hong Kong, Ye Wenjie's, Ye, London, David, China, American
☆ '3 Body Problem' doesn't have 'Game of Thrones'-level nudity — but it does have one groundbreaking nude moment
  + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Read previewIf you're looking for nudity on par with HBO's "Game of Thrones" in the new Netflix series "3 Body Problem," you're not going to find it. That's certainly not bad — "3 Body Problem," at the moment, isn't a show that would be particularly well-served by nudity for the sake of it. Soldiers pass rolled up body after body down a line, tossing them into a body of water. "And working with the VFX team, and really knowing, 'Okay, when is the VFX team going to step in and recreate that, and when is it the responsibility of the prosthetics team to build the dried-up skin?'" "3 Body Problem" is now streaming on Netflix.
Persons: —, HBO's, Liu Cixin's, David Benioff, Weiss, Alexander Woo, That's, We've, it's, Derek Tsang, you've, Tsang, Jin Cheng, Jess Hong, Let's, she's, dehydrate, dehydrates, rehydrating Organizations: Service, Netflix, Business
☆ '3 Body Problem' hasn't been renewed for season 2 yet, but Netflix has plenty more material to draw from — here's what we know
  + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Here's everything that we know about a potential season two of "3 Body Problem." But Woo said at the SXSW Film & TV Festival in March that they had already begun working on a second season. What would '3 Body Problem' season 2 be about? Here's where we'll really get into some spoiler territory, both for the ending of season one of "3 Body Problem" and book spoilers that might also be potential season two spoilers. "3 Body Problem" is now streaming on Netflix.
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☆ The creators of '3 Body Problem' offered Barack Obama a cameo after learning he was a big fan. He turned it down in the best way possible.
  + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Barack Obama turned down an offer to appear on Netflix's new sci-fi series "3 Body Problem." Creators David Benioff and DB Weiss tried to get him for a cameo as he is a fan of the novel. AdvertisementJin Cheng (Jess Hong) and Jack Rooney (John Bradley) star in "3 Body Problem." "3 Body Problem" is the most ambitious project from Benioff and Weiss since "Game of Thrones" wrapped with its eighth season in 2019. AdvertisementPer USA Today, Obama hasn't put in a request to check out "3 Body Problem" early.
Persons: Barack Obama, David Benioff, DB Weiss, —, Alexander Woo, John Bradley, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Benedict Wong, Jonathan Pryce, Benioff, Weiss, Jin Cheng, Jess Hong, Jack Rooney, Ed Miller, Obama, Liu Cixin, Barack Obama Spencer Platt, Obama hasn't Organizations: Service, Netflix, USA, The New York Times Locations: Benioff
☆ '3 Body Problem' is not 'Game of Thrones' with aliens — but it's just getting started
  + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
Similarly, it's hard to tell how "3 Body Problem" will pan out even from its first season, which by the end still feels like it's only barely gotten started. Netflix"3 Body Problem" is based on Chinese author Liu Cixin's "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy. The modern-day storyline is less compelling — at least so farJin Cheng (Jess Hong) and Jack Rooney (John Bradley) in "3 Body Problem." "3 Body Problem" has a "Contact"-like bent, in that it attempts to use science and extraterrestrial life to interrogate the idea of God itself. But "3 Body Problem" is worth your time, if at least to see what some of television's greatest hitmakers have taken on next.
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