Game of Thrones creators wanted their new Netflix sci-fi series to "feel different in many, many ways" to the fantasy epic
Exclusive: 3 Body Problem showrunners David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and A﷽lexander Woo tease their bold new project

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss may be best known for being the showrunners of Game o🃏f Thrones, HBO's fantasy hit that ran for eight seasons, but the pair's next project, which sees them team up with True Blood writer/producer Alexander Woo, is a very different kettle of fish.
3 Body Problem is a new genre-hopping Netflix series based on the Chinese trilogy Remembrance of Earth’s Past by author Liu Cixin – and if that sounds worlds away from Game of Thrones, that's because that was Benioff and𝓡 Weiss' intention.
out this Friday, which features Road House on the cover. "But we really wanted to do something that felt different in many, many ways."The series, which spans decades aℱnd continents, centers around an alien invasion – but the invaders aren't set to arrive on Earth for 400 years. Oh, and a virtual reality comes into play, too. As Woo notes: "A lot of people did say, 'Oh, I don’t know what this is about, but I really want to see it,' which was exactly the effect [we wanted]."
Attempting to figure out just what's going on with our not-so-imminent alien visitors is a group of scientists, played by John Bradley, Eiza González, Alex Sharp, Jess Hong, and Jovan 🍸Adepo, who's pictured above in our exclusive image.
"It was not immediately obvious ℱhow [the books] could be turned into a TV show," admits Benioff. "But we knew that it was different from anything else we’d encountered."
3 Body Problem is released on Netflix on March 21. And you can read more about it and a whole lot else beside🐭s in the new issue of Total Film when it hits shelves and digital newsstands on Friday, March 1. This is one day later than usual, due to how the Leap Year falls.🃏
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