Culture news These numbers will make you dizzy! The Netflix series The 3-Body Problem is really nothing ordinary
The new series from the creators of “Game of Thrones” is finally available on Netflix, and “The Three-Body Problem” has nothing to envy of the other science fiction works that can be found in the catalog of the giant of SVOD. And for good reason, David Benioff and DB Weiss have given themselves all the means to make this adaptation a success!
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An astronomical budget…
The new series Netflix based on the trilogy of novels by Liu Cixin, The three-body problem (The Three-Body Problem in English), joined the catalog of the SVOD giant yesterday morning, and this production has done everything to amaze you – literally. Indeed, David Benioff And DB Weissto whom we owe the eight seasons of Game Of Thronespulled out all the stops not only in terms of talent, with performers like Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange, Black Mirror), Eiza Gonzalez (Alita: Battle Angel, Godzilla vs. Kong), And Liam Cunningham (Game Of Thrones, The Mummy), but also in terms of means, with an unimaginable budget for a production Netflix.
This sum amounts to 200 million dollarsunprecedented for a series Netflix ! In addition to the casting mentioned above, this amount can be justified by many factors, but mainly by the fact that the series was filmed in no less than 3 different countries, namely Spain, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Additionally, many sequences were filmed at Shepperton Studios, and some scenes, particularly those taking place in a virtual reality game, may have required a huge budget in terms of special effects.
…to deal with an expansive story
This incredible budget, David Benioff And DB Weiss deemed it necessary to tell the story of the eponymous novel by Liu Cixin, and that’s understandable. With his background as an engineer, the Chinese author managed to combine his expertise with his pen to create a story anchored in a very real problem: The Three-Body Problem. Scientifically speaking, this theory considers that when three celestial bodies interact gravitationally, their trajectories are extremely complex, if not impossible to predict. A hypothesis to which Ye Wenjiethe main character of the novel, will be confronted when she is brought to work in a secret military base in 1967.
But the story told by Liu Cixin does not focus only on a single period, since certain choices made during the 60s will have significant repercussions on the present, or even beyond if we consider the aspect of interplanetary travel exploited by the narration. And that, Benioff And Weiff are well aware of this, and they have done all they can to transform this cult science fiction saga into a faithful adaptation which, like its inspiration, will find its audience throughout the world and not just in China.
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