Dolby Creator Talks

194 - 3 Body Problem - Adapting the “Unadaptable”


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Showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff — co-creators of “Game of Thrones” — and Alexander Woo (“True Blood”) join us to talk about their epic new science fiction series: “3 Body Problem” on Netflix.

Rounding out the discussion are:

  • Director of Photography Jonathan Freeman
  • Sound Designer Paula Fairfield
  • Supervising Sound Editor Tim Kimmel
  • Editor Michael Ruscio

The show is based on a series of bestselling books by Liu Cixin — which, famously, have been described as “unadaptable” to film & TV, due to the complexities of particle physics, which are at the heart of the premise of the story.

“We're not physicists. So we needed to — first and foremost — put it in language that we understood. And luckily, we had a good amount of help doing this. Both the books themselves are written for people who are not scientists, and we had Matt Kenzie, our physics advisor, and Bobak Ferdowsi, our JPL space and rocketry advisor, who helped us translate. We listened to them answer our questions. We listened to them answer the cast’s questions. And the way they explain things to people like us gave us a template for the way we could explain things to the people watching. And one thing you do have is you have imagery which can really — even if you don't entirely understand all the explanation and scientific logic behind what you're seeing — give you a flavor for what it means and how it feeds into the story that you're seeing.”

—D.B. Weiss, Co-Showrunner, Executive Producer, and Writer, “3 Body Problem”

Be sure to check out “3 Body Problem,” in Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision, on Netflix.

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