Chinanews client, Beijing, November 6th (Reporter Yuan Xiuyue) Before the release of the cast of Netflix version of "Three Body," later a domestic drama version of "Three Body" released a trailer, and recently "Three Body" film and television Chemical has become the focus of everyone's attention.
Director Cameron once told Liu Cixin in a conversation that the movie version of "Three-Body" is the Chinese science fiction movie he is looking forward to most.
However, the landing of this "sci-fi pie" was not so smooth.
This time, "Three Body" film and television really come?
"Three-Body" TV series poster
Domestic drama version of
"Three-Body" VS Netflix version of
"Three-Body"
Recently, the domestic TV series "Three Body" released a trailer of more than 3 minutes, which aroused heated discussion on the Internet.
Although the cast of "Three-Body" was announced last year, this trailer is the first to expose the characters in the play. Wang Ziwen, Chen Jin's youth and old Ye Wenjie, Zhang Lu's Wang Miao, and Yu Hewei played Shi Qiang, Shen Yufei played by Li Xiaoran and Chang Weisi played by Lin Yongjian were presented to the audience one by one.
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Judging from the trailer, the drama version of "Three-Body" follows the route of faithfulness to the original, whether it is scenes such as Red Bank Base, Three-Body Game, ETO Collection, Operation Guzheng, or "the whole universe will flash for you" and "destroy" Classical lines such as "human tyranny, the world belongs to the three bodies" have achieved a high degree of reduction.
Of course, some netizens complained that the special effects in the trailer need to be improved and lack the texture of science fiction films.
As for actors, Ye Wenjie's casting has received many recognitions, especially for the elderly Ye Wenjie, who commented "too right".
Most of the other actors are also talented. Although they do not fully fit the fan's imagination, some netizens believe that "the actors' acting skills are still possible, and they are willing to expect this to be a good work."
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After the "Three Body" trailer was released, more people used it to benchmark against the adaptation of Netflix, and the two faced each other head-on.
At the end of October, Netflix just announced the first batch of 12 actors in the live-action drama "Three-Body", including Benedict Wang, Zhou Caiqin, John C. Bradley, Liam Cunningham, John Edpor et al.
The play was created by David Benioff, the creator of "Game of Thrones", and D.B. Weiss, and Alexander Wu, the creator of the second season of "Polar Evil". Liu Cixin and English translator Liu Yukun are the consultant producers. , Directed by Zeng Guoxiang, director of "July and Ansheng" and "Youth in Youth".
Netflix "Three-Body" actor
Some netizens expressed their expectations for the adaptation of Netflix. Liu Cixin is a consultant, and Netflix's production should not be bad.
But this version of "Three-Body" has also caused a lot of controversy. Some netizens described "two eyes and one black" after seeing the casting, because there are not many Asian faces.
Some people also question whether Netflix can truly capture the connotation and values of "Three-Body".
From the perspective of casting, the domestic version is currently better.
In terms of production, the "Game of Thrones" team also has certain advantages.
The domestic drama version VS the Netflix version, who will be better?
"Three Body" Book Cover
"Three Body" Bumpy Adaptation Road
The "Three Body", known as "China's No. 1 Science Fiction", started the road to film and television very early.
Director Zhang Fanfan said in an interview that he had already accepted this project in 2009.
Liu Cixin once revealed that when the right to adapt novels was transferred, domestic science fiction films were still in a deserted state. People were not particularly concerned about the right to adapt science fiction works, and the work "Three Body" was far less influential than it is now.
"At that time, some people came to ask about my other works, and some were transferred out, but "Three-Body" was'no one asked'."
But soon, the influence of "Three Body" exceeded many people's imagination.
In 2012, sales of the "Three-Body" trilogy exceeded 400,000 copies, setting off a wave of science fiction.
In 2014, Youzu Network obtained the copyright of "Three-Body". In the same year, Youzu Pictures announced that it would spend 1.2 billion to create a series of film "Three-Body".
The film is directed by Zhang Fanfan and starred in Feng Shaofeng, Zhang Jingchu, Tang Yan, Du Chun, Wu Gang, Zhang Han, etc.
In July 2015, the actual shooting of the "Three-Body" movie was completed and entered the post-special effects stage.
"Three-Body" movie poster
In August of the same year, "Three-Body" won the Hugo Award, and the movie version attracted much attention.
However, the following year, there was bad news.
Some netizens broke the news that the release of the movie "Three-Body" will be postponed indefinitely. The film producer and producer Fang Youzu Films CEO Kong Ergou has resigned, the special effects team has been replaced, and the material shot by director Zhang Fanfan has been discarded.
In this regard, Youzu Films issued a statement to deny it, saying that the postponement was to polish the special effects.
But to this day, the "Three-Body" movie still has no following.
The bumpy adaptation of "Three Body" ushered in a turning point in 2018.
Santi Universe Culture Development Co., Ltd. was established, and began to focus on the global authorization of "Santi" IP, and "Santi" entered the fast lane for film and television.
In May 2019, the TV series version of "Three-Body" was officially established.
Filming started the following year, with Bai Yicong as the screenwriter and director of "Red" directed by Yang Lei.
In June, the animation version was officially launched.
"Three Body" Animation Poster
In September 2020, Youzu announced an agreement with Netflix to jointly develop and produce the "Three-Body" English series.
"The Three-Body", based on our current experience, there are certain difficulties." Liu Cixin once said in the face of Cameron's expectations.
Cameron believes that to make the book "Three-Body" into a movie, first of all, six movies will be required in terms of quantity, otherwise it will be a waste of water and no depth.
Cameron also said: "From a historical point of view, the adaptation of many science fiction novels is difficult... The movie only has two hours and the conditions are very limited. There is no way to tell such a big story clearly. This is an old problem of science fiction. ."
The film and television of "Three Body" finally saw a glimmer of light at the end of 2021.
To some extent, being able to shoot is also a victory.
Are you looking forward to it?
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