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10 Burning Questions We Have After Watching 3 Body Problem
Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, an adaptation of Liu Cixin’s sci-fi novel, arrived last week. Now that there’s been time to watch all eight episodes, it’s time to talk spoilers—and all the questions we still had after the final credits. While the streamer has yet to confirm more seasons to adapt the rest of Liu’s Remembrance…
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Step Inside 3 Body Problem’s Gorgeous and Dangerous VR World
In Netflix’s 3 Body Problem, an important plot point involves characters—including Jess Hong’s Jin and John Bradley’s Jack—playing an unsettlingly detailed VR game, where they’re tasked with (among other things) solving the very problem that gives the show its title. Bringing that surreal and vivid setting to life posed unique challenges for the show’s creators.…
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3 Body Problem’s Creators on the Challenges of Adapting a Sci-Fi Masterpiece
Though Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and D.B. Weiss know a thing or two about adapting much-loved novels for the screen, their new series, created with Alexander Woo, presented some fresh challenges. Netflix’s 3 Body Problem draws from Liu Cixin’s award-winning The Three-Body Problem, as well as—out of necessity—the other books in his Remembrance of…
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The Game of Thrones Guys Say Lucasfilm Didn’t Want Their ‘First Jedi’ Film
With a much-anticipated sci-fi project coming soon—Netflix’s 3 Body Problem series—creative partners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are reflecting back on a different, equally anticipated sci-fi project they never ended up making. In 2019, Disney revealed the Game of Thrones showrunners were working on a Star Wars movie, and now they’re finally divulging what that…