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Netflix has added to the cast of its upcoming sci-fi epic 3 Body Problem.

The drama series adapted from Liu Cixin’s Hugo Award-winning trilogy has added four more actors to its sprawling cast, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Jonathan Pryce (The Crown), Rosalind Chao (Better Things), Ben Schnetzer (Y: The Last Man) and Eve Ridley (Peppa Pig) have joined the show.

The Tony Award-winning Pryce has appeared in Brazil, Glengarry Glen Ross, Evita and the Pirates of the Caribbean series. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to drama in 2021. Chao is another fan-friendly name with credits such as Disney’s live-action Mulan, Star Trek: The Next Generation and The Joy Luck Club. While Schnetzer is coming off his starring role another apocalyptic sci-fi drama, FX’s Y: The Last Man, 10-year-old Ridley is a newcomer to the industry.

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Eiza Gonzalez is in negotiations to join the cast of the Netflix sci-fi series Three-Body Problem, with Game of Thrones co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss adapting the series. Based on the famous sci-fi book series, the series is the first major series from the duo following the end of their HBO hit series Game of Thrones.

Netflix had no comment.

Alexander Woo, co-creator of AMC’s The Terror: Infamy will write and exec produce alongside Beinoff and Weiss. Rian Johnson will exec produce alongside his producing partner Ram Bergman. Plan B, will exec produce alongside Rosamund Pike and Robie Uniacke via their company Primitive Streak.

Lin Qi, chairman of rights-holders Yoozoo Group and the Three-Body Universe, and Zhao Jilong, VP of the Three-Body Universe, also will exec produce alongside Bernadette Caulfield, the Game of Thrones exec producer who was recently installed as president of Benioff & Weiss’ production company, and Nena Rodrigue,...

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were riding high as the creative minds behind the biggest, baddest and most popular show on television, and had signed on to develop an entire Star Wars trilogy as their first major project after Game of Thrones had drawn to a close. Unfortunately for the duo, the backlash from fans and even some of the cast against the eighth and final season was overwhelming to say the least, with many accusing the showrunners of failing spectacularly when it came to creating a narrative that couldn’t rely on the books for inspiration.

It didn’t take them long to change their minds on a galaxy far, far away either, making them the latest names to have an incredibly brief flirtation with Disney and Lucasfilm’s sci-fi behemoth before walking away in short order. However, they swiftly wound up at Netflix, with Benioff and Weiss set...

Lin Qi, the billionaire CEO of Chinese video-game publisher Yoozoo set to executive produce the upcoming Netflix sci-fi series “The Three-Body Problem,” died at 39 on Christmas Day Friday amidst an investigation into whether he was murdered by poison.

Lin was an executive producer alongside “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss on the high-profile English-language adaptation of novelist Liu Cixin’s “Three-Body Problem” trilogy for Netflix, announced in September. The platform had acquired the adaptation rights from Yoozoo, which itself nabbed the IP back in 2015 and is at work on other Chinese adaptations of its own through an affiliate called The Three-Body Problem Universe, led by CEO Xu Yao.

Local reports had previously speculated that Lin had been poisoned via aged pu’er tea, but this no longer appears to be the consensus.

The China Economic Weekly, a magazine with ties to the People’s Daily, mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party,...

Lin Qi, the Chairman and CEO of Chinese game developer Yoozoo and an executive producer on Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of The Three-Body Problem, has died after allegedly being poisoned by a colleague.

The 39-year-old’s death was reported by local media and confirmed by Yoozoo in a statement posted to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange saying it was informed of Lin’s passing by his family on December 25. It did not provide a specific cause for the death.

Earlier this week, the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government said Lin was likely to have been poisoned and that a colleague had been detained as part of an ongoing investigation. The suspect’s full name was not released, but Yoozoo said the man, surnamed Xu, works for its film and TV branch.

Lin had been admitted to hospital on December 16 and authorities were notified of the suspected poisoning on December 17.

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Lin Qi, the chairman and CEO of Yoozoo Group who was hospitalized after having been poisoned on Dec. 16, has died. The Chinese company confirmed that Lin died on Christmas Day. He was 39.

On Wednesday evening in China, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau had announced that Lin was receiving treatment after being poisoned and that a Yoozoo coworker of Lin’s, surnamed Xu, had been apprehended amid an investigation.

The statement read: “At 5 p.m. on Dec. 17, 2020, the police received a call from a hospital regarding a patient surnamed Lin. During the patient’s treatment, the ...

Lin Qi, the chairman and CEO of Yoozoo Group who was hospitalized after having been poisoned on Dec. 16, has died. The Chinese company confirmed that Lin died on Christmas Day. He was 39.

On Wednesday evening in China, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau had announced that Lin was receiving treatment after being poisoned and that a Yoozoo coworker of Lin’s, surnamed Xu, had been apprehended amid an investigation.

The statement read: “At 5 p.m. on Dec. 17, 2020, the police received a call from a hospital regarding a patient surnamed Lin. During the patient’s treatment, the ...

Lin Qi, founder of the Chinese video game publisher Yoozoo and a producer on Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of “The Three-Body Problem,” has been hospitalized after what Shanghai police characterized as an attempted murder plot by a colleague.

Lin was hospitalized last week with “acute symptoms of illness” believed to have stemmed from an attempted poisoning, according to the South China Morning Post. Shanghai police released a statement on Wednesday saying a 39-year-old man with the surname Xu had been identified as a suspect in a “major crime,” which local reports linked to Lin and Yoozoo.

Multiple Chinese publications identified the suspect as Xu Yao, head of the Yoozoo subsidiary The Three-Body Universe, which holds the rights to the novels being adapted by Netflix. Lin is said to be in stable condition.

Netflix announced earlier this year that it planned to adapt Liu Cixin’s “Three-Body Problem” sci-fi trilogy into...

Yoozoo Group chairman Lin Qi is currently in a stable condition in a Shanghai hospital.

Lin Qi, chairman of China’s Yoozoo Group and an executive producer on Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of Chinese sci-fi trilogy The Three-Body Problem, has been hospitalised in Shanghai after what local police have reported may be a deliberate poisoning attempt.

Police said in a Weibo blog post that Lin’s 39-year-old colleague, identified only by his surname Xu, is suspected to be the culprit. While Chinese media observed that an executive named Xu Yao heads Yoozoo’s Three-Body Universe Cultural Development Co, which holds the IP to the trilogy,...

Lin Qi, chairman and CEO of Chinese game developer Yoozoo and an executive producer on Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of The Three-Body Problem, has been hospitalized in what is alleged to be a poisoning attempt. A man the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government described as a “colleague” has been detained in what it said is an ongoing investigation.

Police received a report from a city hospital at 5 p.m. on December 17 that a patient, “a 39-year-old man surnamed Lin, was likely to have been poisoned.” The Shanghai government website added, “After investigation, police said that suspicions fell on a 39-year-old man surnamed Xu, one of Lin’s colleagues. Xu has been detained, and an investigation is ongoing.” Yoozoo issued a statement Wednesday that Lin had been admitted to the hospital on December 16 and that his condition is stable. The company did not name the suspect, but said the man works...

The chairman of China’s Yoozoo Group Lin Qi, an executive producer on Netflix’s upcoming high-profile sci-fi adaption “The Three-Body Problem,” is currently hospitalized in Shanghai after what a police report indicated Wednesday may be a deliberate poisoning carried out by a colleague involved in managing that IP.

Netflix announced in September that it will adapt all three books in the critically acclaimed “Three-Body Problem” sci-fi trilogy by Chinese writer Liu Cixin, with “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, along with Alexander Woo, set to write and executive produce.

The streamer bought the rights to adapt the series in English from video game developer Yoozoo, a Shenzhen-listed firm that acquired the rights itself in 2015, and is currently at work on other Chinese-language film and TV adaptations of its own.

A male, 39-year-old patient surnamed Lin was “suspected of having been poisoned while receiving diagnosis and treatment at a hospital,...

Netflix’s high-profile plan to have Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss adapt the bestselling Chinese sci-fi books The Three-Body Problem has been hit by a scandalous attempted-murder plot in Shanghai.

Netflix acquired the rights to produce the big-budget English-language adaptation of the hit books from Chinese company Yoozoo Group and its subsidiary Three-Body Universe, which previously had acquired the rights to the properties.

Yoozoo Group’s chairman, Lin Qi, who is credited as a producer on the Netflix series alongside Benioff, Weiss and others, was hospitalized after having been poisoned on Dec. 16, according to a statement released Wednesday by ...

Netflix’s high-profile plan to have Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss adapt the bestselling Chinese sci-fi books The Three-Body Problem has been hit by a scandalous attempted-murder plot in Shanghai.

Netflix acquired the rights to produce the big-budget English-language adaptation of the hit books from Chinese company Yoozoo Group and its subsidiary Three-Body Universe, which previously had acquired the rights to the properties.

Yoozoo Group’s chairman, Lin Qi, who is credited as a producer on the Netflix series alongside Benioff, Weiss and others, was hospitalized after having been poisoned on Dec. 16, according to a statement released Wednesday by ...

A year after signing an overall deal with Netflix, “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are planning their first drama series since their HBO epic ended last year. The pair are adapting Chinese author Liu Cixin’s sci-fi trilogy “The Three-Body Problem” for the streamer with the help of a long list of collaborators that include Rian Johnson, Alexander Woo, and Rosamund Pike. (Via Deadline)

The first novel, for which Liu became the first writer in Asia to win the prestigious Hugo Award in 2015, is set during the Cultural Revolution when humans establish contact with an alien civilization on the edge of extinction. After the aliens invade earth, humans split off into two camps: one in favor of takeover by the superior aliens and the other determined to resist.

“Liu Cixin’s trilogy is the most ambitious science-fiction series we’ve read, taking readers on a journey...

“Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and “The Terror” creator Alexander Woo have set a TV adaptation of Liu Cixin’s “The Three-Body Problem” at Netflix.

The drama series is inspired by Cixin’s sci-fi trilogy and tells “the story of humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization.”

Benioff, Weiss and Woo will write “The Three-Body Problem” adaptation and executive produce the series.

Additional executive producers include Bernadette Caulfield, the newly installed president of Benioff and Weiss’ production company, Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman and Nena Rodrigue for T Street Productions, Lin Qi, the chairman of the rights-holders Yoozoo Group and The Three-Body Universe, and Zhao Jilong, vice president of The Three-Body Universe, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner’s Plan B Entertainment, and Rosamund Pike and Robie Uniacke for Primitive Streak.

Netflix was granted the rights to produce the English-language series adaptation of “The Three-Body...

It’s been a year since David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, creators of Game of Thrones, struck a mega overall deal with Netflix. Now they’ve set their first TV world-building project at the streamer and the first drama they’ll write since their HBO opus ended.

The pair are adapting Chinese author Liu Cixin’s sci-fi book trilogy The Three-Body Problem, the story of humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization.

Benioff and Weiss have put together quite a list of creative partners for the series adaptation.

Alexander Woo, co-creator of AMC’s The Terror: Infamy, who signed an overall deal with Netflix in February, will write and exec produce alongside the GoT pair. Rian Johnson, director of Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi and Knives Out, will exec produce alongside his producing partner Ram Bergman. Plan B, the production company run by Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner and Dede Gardner,...

Netflix has ordered a drama series based on the award-winning Chinese book series “The Three-Body Problem” with David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo set to write and executive produce.

The series order covers all three books in the trilogy — “The Three-Body Problem,” “The Dark Forest,” and “Death’s End,” all of which were written by Liu Cixin. They tell the story of humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization. Netflix struck a deal with The Three-Body Universe and Yoozoo Group for the rights to produce an English-language adaptation of the books.

“Liu Cixin’s trilogy is the most ambitious science-fiction series we’ve read, taking readers on a journey from the 1960s until the end of time, from life on our pale blue dot to the distant fringes of the universe,” Benioff and Weiss said. “We look forward to spending the next years of our lives bringing this...

As the head of a family that has had an active role in the Bejing Opera for generations, a man spends the last years of his life with his pet bird, wandering the town where he lives and practicing opera in the streets. The man holds resentment towards his son who abandoned the family tradition of representing the art form, and his bird constantly repeats his hurt sentiments. However, his son may be closer by then he thinks and despite the emotional scars, there is still a lot of love shared between the two. As the short film states before the credits roll, the film “Is dedicated to those intransigent parents and children that love each-other.”

“It’s Winter Now” is screening at the

Winter Film Awards International Film Festival

At a run-time of just under 14 minutes, “It”s Winter Now” does a good job of setting a strong visual style,...

The Festival runs February 14-23 in New York City with a jam-packed schedule of 89 fantastic films from 32 countries, seriously amazing discussion panels, cool networking events and super-fun parties

We’ve got something for everyone, with a diverse mixture of shorts and features, animations, documentaries, thrillers, comedies, romances, dramas, horror, sci-fi, music videos and web series!

Filmmakers come from 32 countries; 50% of the films were created by women, 53% were created by or about people of color. Hollywood continues to ignore women and people of color, but Winter Film Awards celebrates everyone!

“I think that when everybody’s story is told, then that makes for better art, that makes for better entertainment. It makes everybody feel part of one family.” — President Obama.

In The Land of Pomegranates

All The Asian Titles:

Dance Dance – Music Video by Andrew Hachem

Dhrma-Ciaxxo – Music Video by Kotaro Saito

Difference – Short Film by Ali Asadollahi

Fatimah – Documentary by...