Netflix’s Three Body Problem series added 12 actors to its cast.
According to Deadline, among the 12 new recruits is Benedict Wong, who has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Doctor Strange and will appear again in the sequel Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. He is not the only MCU alumni joining the series, as Tsai Chin, who appeared in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, was added to the adaptation as well. Also included are former Game of Thrones stars John Bradley and Liam Cunningham.
The other cast members include Jovan Adepo (When They See Us), Eiza Gonzalez (Baby Driver), Jess Hong (Inked: The Brokenwood Mysteries), Marlo Kelly (Dare Me), Alex Sharp (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), Sea Shimooka (Arrow), Zine Tseng and Saamer Usmani (The Mauritanian). It was previously rumored that Gonzalez would join the cast, which has now been confirmed. Netflix did not disclose any additional details about the nature of the actors’ roles in the series.
Hong Kong filmmaker Derek Tsang will direct Netflix’s upcoming science fiction series, joining showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss (Game of Thrones) and co-creator, writer and executive producer Alexander Woo. Other executive producers include Bernadette Caulfield (Game of Thrones, The Chair, The X-Files) and Rian Johnson, the director behind Knives Out and Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi.
Netflix’s Three-Body Problem will adapt the seminal science-fiction novel The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, which is the first in an epic trilogy including two other books titled The Dark Forest and Death’s End. The Three Body Problem explores what happens when humans discover that they are not alone in the universe. It tells the story of humanity preparing to encounter an alien force, who are arriving from a distant, inhospitable world. The first book follows Ye Wenjie who, following her father’s murder during the Cultural Revolution by the Red Guards, attempts to help aliens invade Earth.
Three-Body Problem does not yet have a release date.
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