"Three-Body" trilogy-"Three-Body: Past Earth", "Three-Body: Dark Forest" and "Three-Body: Death Eternal"

　　In the middle of the night on September 1, a piece of explosive news spread among fans of science fiction and American dramas around the world.

According to many American media reports such as The Hollywood Reporter and Variety Magazine, Netflix announced that it will shoot the "Three-Body" series.

The author Liu Cixin and the English translator Liu Yukun will serve as the production consultants for the film, and the screenwriters of "Game of Thrones" David Benioff, Alexander Woo and DBWeiss will be responsible for the adaptation of the play. David Benioff and DBWeiss are also fans of Chinese dramas. Called "2db combination".

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Netflix has won the English adaptation rights of "Three-Body"

　　David Benioff, Alexander Woo and DB Weiss are well-known by Chinese and foreign audiences for producing and writing the phenomenon-level American drama "Game of Thrones".

Last year, the two joined the team of screenwriters for the latest series of "Star Wars", and then weirdly quit.

Later, it was reported that 2db had reached a nine-figure dollar contract with Netflix. The content of the contract was not exposed at the time, and now it seems that it is the American drama "Three-Body".

　　"Liu Cixin's trilogy is the most ambitious science fiction series we have ever read, taking readers from the 1960s to the end of time, from the life of our pale blue planet to the far edge of the universe," David Benioff and DB Weiss said, “We look forward to bringing this to audiences around the world in the next few years.”

　　Foreign media reported that the play covers all three books in the "Three-Body" trilogy-"Three-Body: Past Earth", "Three-Body: Dark Forest" and "Three-Body: Death Eternal".

Netflix has reached an agreement with Three Body Universe and Youzu to obtain the English adaptation rights to produce the series.

　　The project has a very luxurious cast lineup.

In addition to the top screenwriters above, another dizzying list also makes "Three-Body" fans feel excited!

Alexander Wu ("True Love as Blood" screenwriter), Brad Pitt, Ryan Johnson ("Star Wars" screenwriter), Pei Chunhua ("The Lost Lovers" female lead) will serve as co-executive producers.

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Liu Cixin recognized the top foreign production team

　　Liu Cixin also recognized the adaptation of his novel by top foreign teams. Liu said: "I admire them very much", "I want to tell a story that transcends time and the boundaries of nationality, culture and race, one that can force us to consider the destiny of the entire human race. The story. As an author, I am honored to see this unique science fiction concept become popular around the world, and I am excited that compatriots all over the world will be able to discover this'world' on Netflix."

　　In addition, Youzu and its subsidiary Three Body Universe are still important producers of this series.

Youzu and 2db have participated in the main creation of "Quanyou" for a long time.

In 2017, Youzu Networks announced that it has reached a strategic cooperation with Warner Games. The two parties will, with the assistance of the HBO authorized team, launch a mobile game based on the original "Game of Thrones" in China.

The "Game of Thrones" series previously aired on the HBO television network.

This mobile game is distributed domestically by Tencent's agent. It will be launched for public beta in July 2019, and a web game with the same IP is also distributed at home and abroad.

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"Three-Body" film and television have twists and turns

　　Since Youzu bought the copyright for the film and television adaptation of "Three-Body", the road of "Three-Body" has experienced twists and turns.

In 2014, Youzu Films announced its establishment, claiming to shoot 6 "Three-Body" movies with a single investment of 200 million yuan and a total of 1.2 billion yuan.

However, after the announcement of this news, there were more doubts. Fans generally did not believe that a game company that started as a web game could shoot the magnificent world presented in the "Three Body" novel when it first set foot in the movie.

　　Kong Xiangzhao, the CEO of Youzu Films at the time, responded to this, saying: "For such a great science fiction novel that has been published in China for decades and hundreds of years, the Chinese must shoot it by themselves, and if it is destroyed, it will also be destroyed by us Chinese. "Since then, the "Three-Body" movie has a long life.

　　In March 2015, the "Three-Body" movie was completed and is expected to be released in 2016.

However, a few months later, the "Three-Body" novel won the Hugo Award, which made Chinese science fiction hit the highest stage in the world. This is good news for Liu Cixin and all "Three-Body" fans, but it completely disrupted The rhythm of Youzu’s "Three-Body" movie.

　　The trailer was scolded, the release was postponed, the CEO Kong Xiangzhao resigned, the special effects company was changed, and the material was unusable. This movie became a hot potato for the Youzu. It will definitely be scolded if it is released, and the cost cannot be recovered if it is not released. The reputation is not as good as on the B station. Some fans made short films on the theme of "Three-Body". During this period, there were rumors that the copyright of "Three-Body" would be sold to Amazon.

　　As a result, Youzu began to change strategy.

In December 2018, Three-body Universe was established. As a subsidiary of Youzu Group, it is also the complete copyright owner of "Three-body" and is responsible for the development and operation of the "Three-body" IP.

At present, content works such as the animation "My Three-Body Chapter of Beihai Biography", the "Three-Body" radio drama, and the Three-Body Time and Space Immersion Exhibition have been produced or authorized, all of which are minor projects.

　　In June 2019, Station B announced the official launch of the "Three-Body" 3D animation project.

"Three-body" animation is authorized by Three-body Universe, with capital injection from Station B, and produced by Yihua Kaitian, an original animation company that has received investment from Station B and Tencent.

However, Youzu still went back to make games that he was good at. In June 2020, Youzu announced that it had obtained the ten-year game development rights for the "Three-Body" series of novels.

　　In addition, the producers of this series include Lin Qi, chairman of Youzu Group, Zhao Jilong, vice president of Sansei Universe, and Peter Friedland, vice president of Netflix's original series department. Peter is in English for "Sanshen". The project leader of the series. He has produced series such as "Black Mirror" and "Super Feeling Hunting" on Netflix. He has also been looking for "strange stories" and won the Hugo Award for the "Three-Body" series of novels. It meets his requirements.

　　Peter Friedland formed the luxurious creative team for the "Three-Body" series, and said that the common goal of the entire team is: to pay tribute to this incredible story and lead everyone on this unforgettable experience Adventure journey.

He said: "Many screenwriters are enthusiastic supporters of "Three-Body". As a fan, it is very meaningful for us to get the support of Liu Cixin. Being able to adapt a masterpiece of Chinese science fiction is a kind of with pleasure".

　　Cover news reporter Yang Fan