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The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

2h 56m

Overview

Based on the novel of the same name by Cixin Liu, the first in the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. Hundreds of physicists died mysteriously. A Chinese nanomaterials expert, Wang Miao, sees a mysterious countdown in his eyes. Soon he finds out that the "disastrous planet" under three suns in a game really exists. The three-body civilization there will reach the Earth in 400 years. A future catastrophe is coming for humanity...

Directed by Fanfan Zhang
Written by Liu Cixin, Chunyu Song
Produced by Ergou Kong
Box OfficeBudget: $30.0M0

Top Cast

William Feng

William Feng

Wang Miao

Zhang Jingchu

Zhang Jingchu

Ye Wenjie

Tang Yan

Tang Yan

Shen Yufei

Hans Zhang

Hans Zhang

Pan Han

Du Chun

Du Chun

Wei Cheng

David E. Woodley

David E. Woodley

Mike Evans

Darren Grosvenor

Darren Grosvenor

Chae Ri-eun

Chae Ri-eun

Hacker

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Themes & Keywords

cultural revolutionquantum mechanics

About The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem is a mystery, science fiction, thriller film exploring themes of cultural revolution, quantum mechanics. Directed by Fanfan Zhang, it stars William Feng, Zhang Jingchu, Tang Yan. Based on the novel of the same name by Cixin Liu, the first in the Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy. Hundreds of physicists died mysteriously. A Chinese nanomaterials expert, Wang Miao, sees a mysterious countdown in his eyes. Soon he finds out that the "disastrous planet" under three suns in a game really exists. The three-body civilization there will reach the Earth in 400 years. A future catastrophe is coming for humanity...

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