Why was the movie of " Three-Body Problem " delayed?

2024-09-17 03:03

" The Three-Body Problem " was a science fiction novel written by Liu Cixin and was hailed as one of the representative works of Chinese science fiction literature. Since the novel was first published in 2012, it has been widely loved by readers and has won many domestic and foreign literary awards. There were many reasons for the delay in the release of the movie version of " The Three-Body Problem ". The most likely reason was Liu Cixin's distrust of the film production process and presentation. He believed that the film adaptation would weaken the sci-fi elements in the novel and might destroy the artistic conception and story structure of the novel itself. As a result, he rejected many film companies 'offers to adapt the movie, causing the release of the movie version of " The Three-Body Problem " to be delayed. In addition, the content of the novel " The Three-Body Problem " was more complicated and required a huge production team and time to understand and prepare in depth. The film company might need to spend more time and resources to produce the movie, causing the release of the movie version of " The Three-Body Problem " to be delayed again. In the end, some people thought that the film version of " Three-Body Problem " would not be as widely recognized and praised as the novel version, which might cause the film company to delay the launch. Although the movie version of " The Three-Body Problem " was already in preparation, it would take time to test its success.