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3 Body Problem: The Character Changes Hint at Netflix Series’ Future

3 Body Problem: Gonzalez Knows Auggie Is "Not a Likable Character"

Weiss, David Benioff, and Alexander Woo wrote the character very deliberately – she's brittle, dry, and serious-minded and doesn't care if she comes off as likable, and Gonzalez didn't even try to pander to the audience to hint she might be likable underneath It's a common refrain from network television where the executives insist the[...]
3 Body Problem Shortchanges the Most Important Character in the Story

3 Body Problem: Netflix Series Adaptation Might Have China Problem

Weiss, David Benioff & Alexander Woo, and Netflix only had the rights to the English language edition of the books and make an English language international adaptation, not a fully Chinese version. What Chinese fans of the book were really complaining about is that 3 Body Problem is not a completely faithful translation of the book[...]
3 Body Problem: The Character Changes Hint at Netflix Series’ Future

3 Body Problem: Character Changes Hint at Netflix Series' Future

Weiss, and Alexander Woo changed the main characters of the book into not only Westerners but also split them into more than one character The changes set up the future seasons of the series in a way that's more emotionally unified than the books that Hollywood series demand, as they said in an interview with[...]
3 Body Problem: The Character Changes Hint at Netflix Series’ Future

3 Body Problem: Weiss, Benioff Delayed Premiere for This One Scene

Weiss, David Benioff, and Alexander Woo came up with one new scene they felt was necessary to make the show better, or at least clearer The showrunners teased what that new scene was at the series' premiere at SXSW last week in various interviews, even saying it was a scene in the first episode Now[...]
3 Body Problem is a Flawed but Surprisingly Emotional Adaptation

3 Body Problem: Netflix Adaptation Flawed But Surprisingly Emotional

Weiss, and Alexander Woo, the first of whom were accused of running the final two seasons of Game of Thrones to the ground, so knives are out for them and how faithful their version would be And guess what? It's not perfect, but it's pretty good. "3 Body Problem" character poster art: Netflix "3 Body Problem" Kicks[...]
Netflix will adapt "The Three-Body Problem" trilogy (Image: Netflix)

Netflix Lands The Three-Body Problem Trilogy; Creative Team Revealed

Weiss (Game of Thrones), and Alexander Woo (The Terror: Infamy, True Blood), with Rian Johnson and producing partner Ram Bergman (Looper, Knives Out, Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) serving as executive producers- with all five billed by the streaming service as "fierce advocates for the source material." Netflix will adapt "The Three-Body Problem"[...]