From the Editor's Desk

Netflix's Most Ambitious Sci-Fi Show Won't Be Coming Back Anytime Soon

In Cixin Liu’s epic science fiction novel trilogy — which begins with The Three-Body Problem — it takes 400 years for the invading Trisolorian fleet to come to Earth. It won’t take that long for the next season of 3 Body Problem to hit Netflix, but it still might feel longer than expected. While it’s very encouraging that showrunners David Benioff, D.B Weiss, and Alexander Woo have gotten the green light to finish adapting the rest of the story, it does sound like we may all need to get used to waiting. Like the long game in the novel, a devotion to the Netflix version of 3 Body Problem will require a lot of patience.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, although 3 Body Problem is currently moving forward on adapting the events from the second and third novels, it’s not exactly clear at this time how many seasons this will entail. Netflix publicly confirmed “additional episodes,” and THR has clarified that, saying: “While the trio didn’t reveal the exact number of episodes in their new deal, they emphasized it was for ‘seasons’ — plural — and that the number of hours aligns with their original plan to adapt author Liu Cixin’s two remaining novels in his Hugo-winning trilogy.”

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