“I have to tell you something, something insane but true about all of us. It started a long time ago.” So begins the gripping and cinematic final trailer for Netflix‘s 3 Body Problem, a TV adaptation of the beloved sci-fi novel premiering March 21.
Netflix dropped the final trailer on Thursday, March 7. In the 3 Body Problem trailer (above), we see Jin Cheng (Jess Hong), who utters the chilling opening lines. Set to a haunting, epic version of Dinah Washington’s “This Bitter Earth,” characters begin to grapple with an existential threat to all life on Earth.
In 3 Body Problem, a young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China reverberates across space and time into the present day. When the laws of nature inexplicably unravel before their eyes, a close-knit group of brilliant scientists join forces with an unorthodox detective to confront the greatest threat in humanity’s history. The series stars Jovan Adepo, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Marlo Kelly, Alex Sharp, Sea Shimooka, Zine Tseng, Saamer Usmani, Benedict Wong, Jonathan Pryce, Rosalind Chao, Ben Schnetzer, and Eve Ridley.
Netflix announced that the series, described as “an epic story that redefines sci-fi drama with its layered mysteries,” during Geeked Week in November 2023. The Geeked Week sneak peek offered a look at Bradley’s character getting a chance to check out a device (no password required) for something “indistinguishable from reality.” In the new trailer, multiple characters don the device. Watch the video above for a look at what they experience.
The series comes from the creators of Game of Thrones, David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, as well as Alexander Woo, and is inspired by the internationally celebrated novel The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin.
Benioff and Weiss serve as showrunners and executive produce with writer Woo; Bernadette Caulfield; Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, and Nena Rodrigue for T-Street; Lin Qi, the late former Chairman of Yoozoo Group, and Zhao Jilong, CEO of the rights-holder, The Three-Body Universe; Plan B Entertainment — Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner’s company; and Rosamund Pike and Robie Uniacke for Primitive Streak. Derek Tsang is among the directors.
3 Body Problem, Series Premiere, Thursday, March 21, 2024, Netflix