After being so trapped in the hell of development for years, an adaptation of the popular Hugo novel by Cixin Liu The problem of the three bodies he had finally found a home on Netflix, with Game of Thrones‘ David Benioff and DB Weiss attached write and produce executives. But now the project faces another kind of backstage drama.
Although production of the Netflix series has not yet begun, The problem of the three bodies it is already being shaped by a strange drama that follows reports that executive producer Lin Qi was allegedly poisoned by one of his colleagues at Yoozoo Group, the Chinese game developer he currently owns The problem of the three bodiesproduction rights and is also the creator of Game of Thrones: Winter is coming.
How The Hollywood Reporter points out, on Wednesday, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau on its Weibo page with an ad describing how, after Qi was admitted to the hospital earlier this month, his doctors suspected he may have been poisoned. , which led to an investigation that led to an arrest.
“After the call, the police started an investigation. According to investigations conducted at the site and additional interviews, police found that a suspect named Xu, who is a co-worker of the victim Lin, was most likely the perpetrator, “the message described.” The suspect Xu has been arrested and is being investigated. “
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Although the police station did not share the suspect’s name in its entirety, the South China Morning Post reports that an executive named Yao Xu was recently approved to oversee the universe of Yoozoo’s three bodies, a unit focused on other projects based on The problem of the three bodies. Although Yoozoo initially planned to produce film and game adaptations of the story, both did not materialize and it was unclear whether The problem of the three bodies would hit the screen until early fall, when Yoozoo partnered with Netflix.
Although there is nothing to say about what could have motivated the crime (THR points out “A dispute between the executive ranks of the Chinese entertainment company” and notes that the unspecified poison was allegedly administered through a cup of tea), according to reports, Qi is recovering and is in stable condition. There is also no news on how or if these events may affect the future of The problem of the three bodies series.
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