3 Body Problem (TV series)

3 Body Problem
Genre	Fantasy drama Mystery thriller Science fiction
Created by	David Benioff D. B. Weiss Alexander Woo
Based on	Remembrance of Earth's Past by Liu Cixin
Starring	Jovan Adepo John Bradley Rosalind Chao Liam Cunningham Eiza González Jess Hong Marlo Kelly Alex Sharp Sea Shimooka Zine Tseng Saamer Usmani Benedict Wong Jonathan Pryce
Music by	Ramin Djawadi
Country of origin	United States
Original languages	English Mandarin
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Rosamund Pike Robie Uniacke Qi Lin Jilong Zhao Lauren Ma Xiaosong Gao Brad Pitt Jeremy Kleiner Dede Gardner Rian Johnson Ram Bergman Nena Rodrigue Bernadette Caulfield Alexander Woo David Benioff D. B. Weiss
Producers	Steve Kullback Hameed Shaukat
Cinematography	Jonathan Freeman Richard Donnelly PJ Dillon Martin Ahlgren
Editors	Katie Weiland Simon Smith Michael Ruscio Anna Hauger
Running time	44–63 minutes
Production companies	BLB The Three Body Universe T-Street Plan B Entertainment Primitive Streak
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	March 21, 2024 (2024-03-21) – present
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3 Body Problem is an American science fiction television series created by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss and Alexander Woo. The third streaming adaptation of the Chinese novel series Remembrance of Earth's Past by former computer engineer Liu Cixin, its name comes from its first volume, The Three-Body Problem, named after a classical physics problem dealing with Newton's laws of motion and gravitation. The eight-episode first season was released on Netflix on March 21, 2024.

The series follows a diverse cast of characters, primarily scientists, who all come into contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, leading to various threats and humanity-wide changes. While the two previous series adaptations, the animated The Three-Body Problem in Minecraft (2014–2020) and the live-action Three-Body (2023), were exclusively in the novels' original Mandarin, 3 Body Problem is mostly in English and modifies part of the original works' Chinese setting to include foreign characters and locations, mainly the United Kingdom.

Benioff and Weiss' first television project since the conclusion of their series Game of Thrones (2011–2019), it received positive reviews, with praise towards its cast, ambition and production values. The series received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series. In May 2024, it was renewed for both second and third seasons.