A series from the creators of “Game of Thrones” on Netflix in March 2024

Europe 1 Credits: PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP 11:45 a.m., February 2, 2024

Netflix is ​​counting on a new series made by the creators of

to maintain its domination of the world of streaming in 2024, the company said Thursday as it unveiled its program for the year. In The 3-Body Problem, available March 21 and adapted from a big bestseller in China, a parallel world of humanity forms links with an extraterrestrial society. A fresco "half-thriller, half-science fiction", in the words of Bela Bajaria, Netflix's content director, during a presentation to the press in Los Angeles.

The new series, set in today's London, is led by David Benioff and DB Weiss, masterminds of "Game of Thrones", HBO's huge success of the 2010s, with its world of dragons , sex and political intrigue. Another event series planned for 2024 on Netflix: the second season of “Squid Game”. Dark and violent South Korean denunciation of the excesses of capitalism, in which candidates kill each other during cruel children's games in the hope of winning millions, the series was one of the most popular on the platform. 

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A profusion in the catalog 

Also on the year's list are a Colombian adaptation of

by writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez and a mini-series about Brazilian Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna. “No entertainment company has had this ambition in programming, with so many tastes, cultures, languages. Never,” said Bela Bajaria, responding to criticism of the profusion of the Netflix catalog which makes it “difficult to understand” . " his strategy.

Netflix started the year with great fanfare by announcing during its quarterly results that it had gained more than 13 million additional subscribers during the holiday season, for a total of 260 million. Growth in particular due to its stricter policy in terms of sharing passwords between users and its cheaper subscription with advertising.