We don’t know the way a lot cash Netflix paid to purchase the variation rights to Liu Cixin’s best-selling sci-fi collection Remembrance of Earth’s Past, however we did hear rumors Amazon tried to snag them for $1 billion. Then Netflix reportedly paid Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss $200 million for companies together with overseeing the variation of the primary e-book within the trilogy, The 3-Body Problem. Now, Netflix has spent much more money, as a result of the collection’ first dozen stars have been introduced, and it’s fairly an inventory.

As Deadline experiences, Benedict Wong (Dr. Strange and different MCU motion pictures), Tsai Chin (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the ten Rings), and Game of Thrones stars Liam Cunningham (who performed Davos) and John Bradley (who performed Samwell Tarly) are in all probability essentially the most recognizable names for io9 readers. But there’s additionally Sea Shimooka, who performed Oliver’s unknown half-sister Emiko on Arrow, and Jovan Adepo, who performed the younger Will Reeves within the Watchmen TV collection. We knew Baby Driver’s Eiza Gonzales was in talks to be becoming a member of the mission, however you’ll be able to take into account her formally signed on—alengthy with Jess Hong, Marlo Kelly, Alex Sharp, Zine Tseng, and Saamer Usmani.

The 3-Body Problem (which appears to be how Netflix has titled it as an alternative of the standard “three”) is about an astrophysicist who witnesses her father killed throughout China’s Cultural Revolution. Later, she discovers an alien civilization on a planet perilously trapped between three stars and misanthropically invitations them to invade Earth. When the information hits, totally different factions of humanity emerge with very totally different concepts about what to do subsequent.

If there’s any likelihood that Netflix paid a billion {dollars} for the rights to those books, you already know it’s going to spend a lavish sum of money to make The 3-Body Problem as extravagant as a sci-fi collection can get, so perhaps we’ll get the collection in 2022, though I wouldn’t guess on it.

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