‘3 Body Problem’ Season 2 Already Planned, Benioff and Weiss Say

“3 Body Problem” got in 2024 as one of the year’s most prepared for brand-new television programs. 4 days prior to it starts streaming on Netflix, it’s already among one of the most polarizing.

The very first brand-new collection created by previous “Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss as component of their general take care of Netflix, the adjustment of Cixin Liu’s trilogy of sci-fi books happens throughout 5 continents as researchers collaborate to recognize the method choices made in the 1960s currently position existential dangers to the world.

The program premiered with a buzzy first night evaluating at SXSW, however the very first episodes evoked a disruptive reaction from target markets. Regardless of commending the collection for its enthusiastic range, several movie critics really felt that it was as well mystical to generate genuine feeling.

“Adapting a book named after a physics problem into a TV show meant to entertain the masses is both an admirable challenge and an invitation for disaster. Cixin Liu’s ‘Remembrance of Earth’s Past’ trilogy (including its first entry, ‘The Three-Body Problem’) has sold millions of copies around the world. Clearly, readers are connecting with something inside the former engineer’s weighty tomes about Earth’s first encounter with extraterrestrial life — and it likely isn’t the orbital mechanics,” IndieWire’s Ben Travers created in his testimonial.

“The colossal scale, galaxy-spanning stakes, and relatable characters all serve as emotional anchors that can hook people, and they all serve as key, replicable facets for a TV adaptation, too. What’s a bit harder to picture are casual fans scooting to the front of their seats for detailed explanations of interstellar travel and multi-dimensional theory. But hey, that’s the gig. You can’t say David Benioff and D.B. Weiss went into ‘3 Body Problem’ unaware.”

It continues to be to be seen just how streaming target markets will certainly react to the collection, however Benioff, Weiss, and co-showrunner Alexander Woo are already working withSeason 2 In a brand-new meeting with Collider, the triad discussed their strategies to bring the various other 2 publications in Liu’s trilogy to life.

“For Season 2, we’ve got better than a rough idea. We’re much farther along with that plan than rough-idea stages,” Benioff stated. “From there on out it becomes, you know, the farther away things get the hazier your view of them is. But there, in the third book, there’s so many amazing landmarks, in terms of scenes and situations and events that we can see pretty clearly, that we know, we’re not completely sure how our characters are gonna get to that place, but we know they gotta get to that place. Because that place and that place and that place are the reason we pick these books up and wanted to adapt them in the first place.”

Benioff discussed that the very first season adapts Liu’s very first publication, “The Three-Body Problem” and a theoretical Season 2 would certainly deal with the 2nd publication “The Dark Forest.” However the verdict to the trilogy, “Death’s End,” is as long that the showrunners think it could call for numerous television periods.

“The third book is massive. It’s twice as long, I think, as the other two books,” he stated. “So maybe that’s one season, maybe it’s two. But, you know, I think we’d need at least three, maybe four seasons to tell the whole story.”

“3 Body Problem” premieres March 21 on Netflix.