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The iconic director duo of David Benioff and Dan Weiss is back for another go at directing one more series based on the books and this time, hopefully, they will not tank the ending. Benioff and Weiss more popularly known as D&D are well known for their direction of HBO’s brilliant fantasy drama series,Game of Throneswhich turned out to be one of the most successful franchises of all time.
Also read:Game of Thrones Creators David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Reveal Canceled Star Wars Movie Would’ve Featured “The first lightsaber”
Although the iconic duo has been silent for a long time ever since the end ofGoT, they are now finally ready to talk about their future projects and recently opened up about their upcoming Netflix series,3 Body Problem.
The creators ofGame of Thronesare all set to make their comeback
David Benioff and Dan Weiss’ upcoming series,3 Body Problemwill be based on Liu Cixin’sRemembrance of Earth’s Pastbook trilogy which first came out in 2008 in China. In a recent interview withThe Hollywood Reporter, D&D revealed how they came across the material and decided they were going to work on this. Netflix’s head of script, Peter Friedlander suggested the duo take a look at the books. Benioff said,
“We finished within 10 minutes of each other and Dan came over to my seat and said, ‘What do you think?’I said, ‘Well, that ending is amazing.’ And Dan says, ‘We’ve got to do this, right?’…It was the first thing we’d come across since Thrones where we were actually scared. We knew this is going to be hard.”
Also read:“Redo GoT S8 in animation”: George R.R. Martin Confirms 3 Separate Game of Thrones Animated Projects But Fans Have Other Plans
Game of Thronesis currently streaming on HBO Max.
The murder of3 Body Problem’sproducer was inspired byBreaking Bad
The show faced many problems while still in the production stage but a very major blow came when a Chinese Billionaire and the producer of3 Body Problem, Lin Qi was murdered in Shanghai back in 2020. According to aChinese news outletviaTHR, Lin Qi was murdered by an employee of his own company who was allegedly a huge fan of another Emmy-winning, crime drama series,Breaking Bad. According toTHR,
“Benioff emailed the news report to Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan and wrote: “What have you done?”
Also read:Game of Thrones Actor John Bradley Shines in 3 Body Problem Netflix Teaser
3 Body Problemis a sci-fi series drama that will see a lot of actors fromGame of Thronesreturning to the screen once again in many significant roles. According to sources, Liam Cunningham, John Bradley, and Jonathan Pryce are some of the actors fromGame of Throneswho have confirmed their roles in3 Body Problem.
3 Body Problemis all set to be released on Netflix later this year on March 21.
Shikhar Tiwari
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Shikhar Tiwari is a Hollywood news author at Fandom Wire. He is a student at Manipal University Jaipur currently aspiring to be a Computer Science Engineer. Shikhar loves to combine his passion for writing with his love for Hollywood updates.
