Netflix has renewed its sci-fi drama 3 Body Problem for additional episodes to conclude the story, the streamer announced on Thursday.
Based on the bestselling novels by Cixin Liu, 3 Body Problem is created by David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo. It follows the journey of Ye Wenjie (portrayed by Zine Tseng initially and then by Rosalind Chao), a young woman who goes to the depths of space and time to make a fateful decision during China's Cultural Revolution in the 1960s.
“We’re thrilled that we get to tell this story through to its epic conclusion. Ever since we read the last page of Cixin Liu’s magnificent trilogy, we hoped we’d be able to bring the audience to the end of the universe with us. Here we go,” Benioff, Weiss and Woo said in a joint statement on X.
3 Body Problem spent three weeks at No. 1 position on Netflix and seven weeks in the streamer’s Top 10 list. The show also made it to the Top 10 list in 93 countries.
The Netflix show stars Jovan Adepo as Saul Durand, John Bradley as Jack Rooney, Rosalind Chao as Ye Wenjie, Liam Cunningham as Thomas Wade and Eiza González as Auggie Salazar. It also features Jess Hong, Marlo Kelly, Alex Sharp, Sea Shimooka, Zine Tseng, Saamer Usmani, Benedict Wong and Jonathan Pryce.
Apart from Benioff, Weiss, and Woo, Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman and Nena Rodrigue have also served as executive producers on the show.
3 Body Problem premiered on Netflix on March 21.
