Eiza González in Talks for Game of Thrones Creators’ Netflix Series: Report

Eiza González is reportedly in talks to star in The Three-Body Problem, Netflix’s English-language adaptation of Chinese writer Liu Cixin’s trilogy of the identical title from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. There’s no phrase on whom González shall be taking part in. The 31-year-old Mexican actress is greatest identified for her roles in Hollywood motion pictures, together with the Edgar Wright actioner Baby Driver, the Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw, the cyberpunk movie Alita: Battle Angel, and the monster mash-up Godzilla vs. Kong. González rose to fame with the Mexican musical telenovela Lola, érase una vez, and the Nickelodeon teen drama Sueña conmigo.

Giant Freakin Robot brings phrase of González’s potential casting on The Three-Body Problem, noting that an individual acquainted with the matter stated that the Mexican actress is presently in negotiations. Netflix had no remark. While there is no information on her character, the report speculates that González may be a part of the American army or the group that works at Red Coast Base, a station constructed to speak with aliens. This as a result of a lot of the novel’s characters are Chinese. With Netflix making an English-language adaptation, I would not be stunned if the core Chinese focus finally ends up being altered — to additional cater to English-speaking audiences.

For Benioff and Weiss, The Three-Body Problem is ready to be the primary main venture following the controversial and panned finish of Thrones — it is a part of their Netflix deal value $200 million (about Rs. 1,483 crores). The duo is writing The Three-Body Problem with Alexander Woo (The Terror: Infamy, True Blood), and can function government producers alongside Star Wars: The Last Jedi writer-director Rian Johnson. Liu may also function a consulting producer on the Netflix sequence, along with Ken Liu, who labored on the novels’ English translation.

In addition to Benioff, Weiss, and Johnson, government producers on Netflix’s Three-Body Problem sequence embrace the president of Benioff & Weiss’ manufacturing home Bernadette Caulfield, Johnson’s producing associate Ram Bergman, Johnson and Bergman’s T-Street president of TV Nena Rodrigue, and The Three-Body Universe VP Zhao Jilong. Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment and Rosamund Pike’s Primitive Streak are additionally concerned on the Netflix adaptation of Liu’s award-winning sci-fi trilogy. The Three-Body Universe chairman and rights-holders Yoozoo Group chairman Lin Qi was additionally concerned, earlier than his demise from alleged poisoning in December final yr.

Netflix has not set a launch date for The Three-Body Problem.