Game of Thrones creators to bring Liu Cixin’s sci-fi trilogy to Netflix

David Benioff and DB Weiss to adapt The Three-Body Problem and two sequels with Alexander WooGame of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and DB Weiss are to adapt a series of hit science fiction novels by Chinese author Liu Cixin for Netflix. Together with Alexander Woo, who has worked on television series including True Blood, Benioff and Weiss’s first project in a reported $200m (£164m) deal with the streaming giant will see the showrunners bring The Three-Body Problem and its two sequels – known as the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy – to television.Netflix’s Peter Friedlander described the books as having “changed what science fiction meant to me for ever”, saying: “[Cixin’s] ability to interweave science with fiction made his vision of the future and extraterrestrial contact feel more realistic than any other science fiction I’ve read. I was also drawn in by the story of all of humanity [being] vulnerable to the same external threat and how this both unifies and divides humans.” Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-09-01 14:29:32 UTC ]
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During the past decade, Marvel and DC have created more than 20 TV shows featuring their superheroes and villains, but DC Universe's upcoming Harley Quinn series has something that none of those others does: lots and lots of F-bombs. The animated series, coming this fall to the DC Universe SVOD... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-07-23 18:14:43 UTC ]
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Orbit scoops epic fantasy trilogy from Gwynne

Orbit has scooped a worldwide deal for a fantasy epic trilogy inspired by Norse mythology from John Gwynne. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 17:32:21 UTC ]
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New trilogy from Rebel of the Sands author Alwyn Hamilton

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[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 05:23:40 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson shifts to Netflix-style subscription model for textbooks

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[ The Guardian | 2019-07-16 13:31:56 UTC ]
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