Good news for fans of the series. The 3 body problem. After an initial vague communication from Netflix about the future of the show, its creators, David Benioff, DB Weiss and Alexander Woo, finally clarified the confusion and confirmed, this Friday, May 31, that The 3 body problem It would be renewed for two more seasons.
“We included a lot of what we loved about the novels in Season 1, but the vast majority of the reason we wanted to do this show is in Season 2,” DB Weiss told Netflix during a panel discussion on Friday.
“We always wanted to get to the last page of the third book, and it’s really exciting for us to be able to do that,” he added.
Difficult beginnings
Adapted from the trilogy. The three body problem From Chinese author Liu Cixin, the series debuted its first eight episodes last March. It tells the story of the encounter between an astrophysicist and an extraterrestrial civilization, in the midst of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. With a budget of $20 million per episode, it is one of the most expensive shows to produce in Netflix history.
Netflix did not entrust the project to David Benioff and Dan Weiss by chance: the duo is at the origin of the series game of Thronesa global success broadcast on HBO between 2011 and 2019.
However, the renewal of his new show seemed uncertain due to its lackluster debut, marked by disappointing first-week ratings and mixed reviews.
In mid-May, Netflix also raised doubts among fans by announcing that the event series would have the right to “additional episodes”… without talking about season 2, and already mentioning the end of the show.
But The 3 body problem Then it raised its head by spending three weeks in first place in the ranking of the platform’s most viewed programs and seven weeks in the Top 10 worldwide.
Source: BFM TV
