Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem" and "Supernova Era" film production plan launched

Recently, the 2023 Chengdu World Science Fiction Convention was held. This is the first time that the World Science Fiction Convention has been held in China since its establishment in 1939. Many industry guests discussed how to draw inspiration from cutting-edge technology and how to keep Chinese science fiction vibrant at more than 200 themed salons and forums. Many film and television projects have been unveiled during the convention. At one of the themed salons, "The Three-Body Problem Shines into Reality and the Future", Liu Cixin's two novels, "The Three-Body Problem" and "Supernova Era", were officially announced to be adapted into films.

At the event, Zhao Jilong, CEO of Three-Body Universe, revealed: "In fact, we have been developing the film Three-Body for quite a long time. We are doing a lot of development and polishing work on the story direction of the film, including the final script. I think the next stage should be a stage for the preparation and accelerated production of the film Three-Body. In terms of content, we are definitely planning for multiple films, I think it will be around five."

In addition, the film production of Liu Cixin's other science fiction novel "Supernova Era" has also started. The film producer Xu Zhihao said: "Supernova Era is Liu Cixin's first novel, so its world view and content are very rich and huge. (In the adaptation) the original part actually accounts for a large proportion, and the script is really the top priority."

In addition to long-term planning for film and television works, "Three-Body Universe" is also actively exploring the long-chain value of the Three-Body IP operation, developing fields such as pan-cultural interactive entertainment and real-life entertainment, hoping to create a new business model. Zhao Jilong said: "Through a series of activities such as product co-branding and market co-branding for "The Three-Body Problem", the final market value and product sales have exceeded 2 billion in total today. Like "The Three-Body Problem" or other popular science fiction IPs, it has the ability to open up the chain. Only when the value of our market is high enough and our entire industrial chain is gradually improved and implemented, can we really see science fiction rise in China in the form of an industry."