They're moving ahead while Netflix still hasn't announced a premiere date for their Western adaptation.

The makers of The Three-Body Problem are determined to make the adaptation of the books a jewel in China's cultural crown since it embodies much of what China wants to represent: Scientific progress, looking to the future, and the ability to produce television as good as the West. He makes Da Shi the most human and relatable character in the show. Yu He Wei plays him with a snarky, goofy charm that hides Da Shi's competence and utter relentlessness when things come to a head. A relentless cop who used to be a counterterrorism expert in the Army who joins the Earth's elite defense force against the Trisolarians by the end of the first book, he's gregarious and rude but also ruthless, and deadly when called upon. Shi Qiang is the one character who carries over from The Three-Body Problem to The Dark Forest. Think John le Carré on a cosmic Science Fiction scale. It also evolves into outright space opera by the end of the second book.

The second book also jumps forward decades, even centuries, as it follows the Earth's progress as it struggles to find a weapon and strategy that would work against an invading alien army whose technology is far in advance. Since the latter will take over four hundred years to reach Earth, they resort to using human proxies on Earth to wage war on Humanity, sabotaging scientific research into defenses, assassinating key figures, waging acts of terror bombing and destroying key facilities and using Trisolarian weapons against Earth's governments and military. It's a fascinating portrayal of a proxy war waged between the Earth and the invading alien army, the Trisolarians. 'The Three-Body Problem' poster art, Tencentįans of the books would know that The Dark Forest is The Empire Strikes Back of The Three-Body Problem. They've announced Three-Body: The Dark Forest and a side story miniseries, Three-Body: Da Shi, featuring Shi Qiang, the fan-favourite cop character played by Chinese A-lister Yu He Wei. According to this screenshot from Chinese social media, the streamer announced that when viewers tune in for the streaming of the 20th episode, they will get official news that fans won't be starved of The Three-Body Problem for too long after the end of the series.

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