Amazon Plans $1B Chinese Sci-Fi Series?
By
Garth Franklin -
Tuesday, March 27th 2018 1:21 pm
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Amazon is reportedly pursuing a deal for a three-season TV series based on Liu Cixins Hugo-winning sci-fi novel trilogy Remembrance of Earths Past. The price tag? Up to $1 billion.
The Financial Times broke the report, saying international investors are telling them Amazon is negotiating for the rights to produce three seasons based on the book series that began with (and is better known by) the title The Three-Body Problem.
Set against the backdrop of Chinas Cultural Revolution, in the first book a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. One civilization, on the brink of destruction, captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile different camps start forming amongst humanity with plans to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.
In a statement reported by Chinese news outlets, including Caixin, YooZoo Pictures stated that it remains the sole owners for the film and TV rights for the series and didnt comment on whether Amazon had approached the company.
Cixin was also asked by Chinese news outlets and he revealed he knew nothing about the project and doesnt know if hed be invited to work on it. A $30 million film adaptation of the first book was shot in 2015 but has yet to be released.
Amazon previously made a deal for two seasons of a Lord of the Rings series, a deal rumored to cost $500 million for two seasons. The Three-Body Problem deal, if the report is accurate, is notably bigger than that.
By
Garth Franklin -
Tuesday, March 27th 2018 1:21 pm
http://cdn2.darkhorizons.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/amazon-plans-1b-chinese-sci-fi-series.jpg
Amazon is reportedly pursuing a deal for a three-season TV series based on Liu Cixins Hugo-winning sci-fi novel trilogy Remembrance of Earths Past. The price tag? Up to $1 billion.
The Financial Times broke the report, saying international investors are telling them Amazon is negotiating for the rights to produce three seasons based on the book series that began with (and is better known by) the title The Three-Body Problem.
Set against the backdrop of Chinas Cultural Revolution, in the first book a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. One civilization, on the brink of destruction, captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile different camps start forming amongst humanity with plans to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.
In a statement reported by Chinese news outlets, including Caixin, YooZoo Pictures stated that it remains the sole owners for the film and TV rights for the series and didnt comment on whether Amazon had approached the company.
Cixin was also asked by Chinese news outlets and he revealed he knew nothing about the project and doesnt know if hed be invited to work on it. A $30 million film adaptation of the first book was shot in 2015 but has yet to be released.
Amazon previously made a deal for two seasons of a Lord of the Rings series, a deal rumored to cost $500 million for two seasons. The Three-Body Problem deal, if the report is accurate, is notably bigger than that.
