The Three-Body Problem: Upcoming Sci-fi Series on Netflix

Adapted from the same named novel by Liu Cixin, ‘The Three-Body Problem’ is going to be a sci-fi series set to air on Netflix. The upcoming series is developed by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss.

The two have co-written the screenplay with Alexander Woo and all of them have co-produced the series alongside others including Rosamund Pike and Brad Pitt.

The Three-Body Problem Plotline

The Three-Body Problem

A subplot of the main story refers to an event from forty years ago when astrophysicist Ye Wenjie witnessed her father being brutally murdered at the time of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. She was later sent to a secret Rader base in one of China’s remote regions.

Her daughter was a member of The Frontiers of Science in the present day who has committed suicide recently.

This brings us to the main plot of the series which centers around Wang Miao, a Chinese physicist and nanomaterial researcher who is tasked with infiltrating the science group where Wenjie’s daughter worked.

The reason for this infiltration is to investigate the string of suicides among the members. But Wang soon finds himself entangled in a dangerous conspiracy while making progress in a mysterious VR game named the titular Three Body. The setting of the game is an alien world where weather and day-night cycles are highly irregular.

The player has to help the alien race build a functional calendar by understanding their world’s nature through scientific methods.

The Cast Members 

Eiza González Reyna

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Mexican actress Eiza González Reyna joined the cast of The Three-Body Problem in October 2021 after entering negotiation in August of that year. She first gained recognition by playing the role of Dolores Valentine or the titular Lola in the Mexican melodrama telenovela ‘Lola, érase una vez’ from 2007 to 2008.

She went on appearing in main roles in the series ‘Mañana es para siempre’, ‘Sueña conmigo’, ‘Amores verdaderos’, ‘From Dusk till Dawn: The Series’. She has also starred in the films Casi Treinta’, ‘Jem and the Holograms, ‘Baby Driver, ‘Welcome to Marwen’, ‘Paradise Hills’, ‘Alita: Battle Angel‘, ‘She’s Missing’, ‘Hobbs & Shaw‘, ‘Bloodshot‘, ‘Cut Throat City’, ‘I Care a Lot, ‘Godzilla vs. Kong, ‘Love Spreads’, ‘Ambulance’.

Benedict Wong

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Another main cast member of the show is a British actor and ‘Doctor Strange cast Benedict Wong. One of his most important roles is of Bruce Ng in the 2015 sci-fi movie ‘The Martian and Marvel character Wong in the 2016 MCU movie ‘Doctor Strange, a role that he reprised in ‘Avengers: Infinity War‘ and ‘Avengers: Endgame and in ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings‘, ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home, and ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’.

He portrayed Kublai Khan in Netflix’s ‘Marco Polo’ from 2014 to 2016.

Tsai Chin

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Among the other cast members of the show, there is Chinese actress Tsai Chin whose most recognized role is Auntie Lindo in the 1993 American drama ‘The Joy Luck Club’.

She also starred in the movies ‘You Only Live Twice’ and ‘Casino Royale as a Bond girl. Her most popular role in China is as Grandmother Jia in the Chinese tv series ‘The Dream of Red Mansions in 2010.

John Bradley

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Another cast member of the series is John Bradley whom most viewers will remember as Samwell Tarly from HBO’s celebrated fantasy series ‘Game of Thrones. His films include ‘Grimsby’, ‘American Satan’, ‘Patient Zero’, ‘Moonfall’, ‘Marry Me, ‘The Railway Children Return’ etc.

Another ‘Game of Thrones star is cast in the upcoming show. He is Irish actor Liam Cunningham, a co-star of Bradley. Cunningham played the character of Davos Seaworth in GOT.

His important movies include ‘A Little Princess, ‘Dog Soldiers’, ‘Jude’, ‘The Wind That Shakes the Barley, ‘The Crooked Man, ‘Hunger’, ‘Good Vibrations, ‘The Escapist’, ‘The Childhood of a Leader, ‘Let Us Prey’ etc.

Another cast member Jovan Adepo is an actor of British-America origin and starred in the films Fences’, ‘Overlord’ etc. For his portrayal of Hooded Justice in the DC series ‘Watchmen’ in 2019, he received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.

Alex Sharp, who originated the role of Christopher Boone in the Broadway production ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’, is also a cast member of the show.

Welsh actor Jonathan Pryce will also be seen starring in the upcoming series. He too is an important cast of ‘Game of Thrones’ portraying the High Sparrow in Seasons 5 and 6.

This veteran actor was knighted in 2021 by Queen Elizabeth II for his contribution to drama which makes it even more dramatic that he will be seen portraying Prince Philip in Netflix Original The Crown‘s final two seasons with Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II.