We’ve only gotten snippets of what’s been going on with the Netflix adaptation of Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem. We know that Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are spearheading the series, and that they’ve cast at least 12 actors in unknown roles. And that’s about it!
Until today: A recent interview with the show’s costume designer, Michael Wilkinson (currently at work on Andor) shed some additional light on the production.
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In an interview with /Film, Wilkinson shared his experience of working on The Three-Body Problem set:
“It was a huge challenge. It’s full of really interesting, complex ideas, both philosophical and scientific. But I feel like the filmmaking team has really succeeded in bringing lots of humanity, and it’s now a very engaging and thought-provoking story.”
The Three-Body Problem trilogy (check out the first three chapters of the first book here) takes us from the 1960s to the end of time and has been called one of the most ambitious sci-fi series in recent history. The books explore big ideas, arguably at the expense of character development. The fact that Wilkinson said that Benioff and Weiss have brought “lots of humanity” to the story is intriguing. What that actually looks like, however, remains to be seen.
No official word on when the Netflix adaptation will make its way to the streaming platform, though it’s likely to premiere sometime next year.
