The Three-Body Problem (film)

The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem
	Poster
Traditional Chinese	三體
Simplified Chinese	三体
Literal meaning	three bodies
Hanyu Pinyin	sān tǐ
Directed by	Zhang Fanfan
Based on	The Three-Body Problem; by Liu Cixin
Produced by	Liu Cixin
Starring	Feng Shaofeng; Zhang Jingchu
Production; companies	Beijing Baixingshe Media Development; Youzu Pictures
Distributed by	Youzu Pictures; Beijing Baixingshe Media Development
Country	China
Languages	English; Mandarin
Budget	CN¥200 million

The Three-Body Problem (Chinese: 三体) is an unreleased Chinese science fiction 3D film,^[2] adapted from the book of the same name by Liu Cixin, directed by Zhang Fanfan, and starring Feng Shaofeng and Zhang Jingchu.^[3]^[4]^[5]

In March 2018, Amazon was rumored to be negotiating for the rights to the project.^[6]^[7] However, Youzu Pictures released a statement in response stating that it was the "sole owner of the rights for film and TV series adaptations." Although it "was originally scheduled to be released in 2017", the project "was postponed indefinitely due to the company's internal shuffling and the rumored 'bad quality' of the film's first cut."^[7]

Production

The film had a budget of CN¥200 million (US$30 million).^[8] Filming began in March 2015 in Heilongjiang and ended in July 2015.^[5] The production company was Youzu Film, established in 2014 by Lin Qi.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "三体（2017）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved June 24, 2016.
^ "三体的海报". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
^ "三体 (2017)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
^ "三体 (2017)". movie.mtime.com (in Chinese). Mtime.com Inc. Archived from the original on February 7, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
^ ^a ^b CaixinOnline (June 23, 2016). "Premiere of Film based on Acclaimed Sci-fi Novel 'The Three-Body Problem' Pushed Back until 2017". english.entgroup.cn. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
^ Desta, Yohana. "Amazon's Reportedly Dropping $1 Billion for a TV Show to Rival Game of Thrones". Vanity Fair.
^ ^a ^b Zhou, Jing (23 March 2018). "Rights holder won't give up 'Three-Body' series". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
^ Kevin Ma (April 24, 2015). "Cast lands on Three Body Problem". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
^ Xing Yi (China Daily) (April 8, 2015). "Sci-fi Writer Now Imaginative Gamer". english.entgroup.cn. EntGroup Inc. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

External links

The Three-Body Problem at IMDb

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[cbooo-1] "三体（2017）". cbooo.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved June 24, 2016.

[2] "三体的海报". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved June 10, 2015.

[3] "三体 (2017)". movie.douban.com (in Chinese). douban.com. Retrieved June 24, 2016.

[4] "三体 (2017)". movie.mtime.com (in Chinese). Mtime.com Inc. Archived from the original on February 7, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2016.

[entgroup-5] CaixinOnline (June 23, 2016). "Premiere of Film based on Acclaimed Sci-fi Novel 'The Three-Body Problem' Pushed Back until 2017". english.entgroup.cn. Retrieved June 24, 2015.

[6] Desta, Yohana. "Amazon's Reportedly Dropping $1 Billion for a TV Show to Rival Game of Thrones". Vanity Fair.

[rights-7] Zhou, Jing (23 March 2018). "Rights holder won't give up 'Three-Body' series". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 19 June 2018.

[8] Kevin Ma (April 24, 2015). "Cast lands on Three Body Problem". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved April 24, 2015.

[9] Xing Yi (China Daily) (April 8, 2015). "Sci-fi Writer Now Imaginative Gamer". english.entgroup.cn. EntGroup Inc. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

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v t e Liu Cixin
Remembrance of Earth's Past	The Three-Body Problem (2006) The Dark Forest (2008) Death's End (2010)
Other novels	Supernova Era (2003) Ball Lightning (2004) Of Ants and Dinosaurs (2010)
Collections	The Wandering Earth (2016) To Hold Up the Sky (2020) A View from the Stars (2024)
Short stories	"End of the Microcosmos" (1998) "Whale Song" (1999) "Contraction" (1999) "With Her Eyes" (1999) The Wandering Earth (2000) "The Messenger" (2001) "The Village Teacher" (2001) "The Micro-Era" (2001) "Destiny" (2001) "Butterfly" (2002) "Heard It in the Morning" (2002) "Sun of China" (2002) "Sea of Dreams" (2002) "Devourer" (2002) "Cloud of Poems" (2003) "Cannonball" (2003) "Taking Care of God" (2005) "For the Benefit of Mankind" (2005) "Mountain" (2006) "2018-04-01" (2009) "Curse 5.0" (2010)
Film adaptations	The Three-Body Problem (indefinitely postponed) The Wandering Earth (2019) The Wandering Earth 2 (2023)
TV series adaptations	The Three-Body Problem in Minecraft (2014–present) The Three-Body Problem (2022–2023) Three-Body (2023) 3 Body Problem (2024–present)