Peacock will stream the Chinese language adaptation of The Three-Physique Drawback

One other adaptation of Liu Cixin’s The Three-Physique Drawback will likely be streaming for English audiences. Whereas Netflix’s 3 Physique Drawback is about to premiere on March twenty first, at this time, Peacock introduced that it has acquired rights to the unique Chinese language adaptation, dubbed merely Three-Physique. And it’s coming very quickly — the collection premieres on February tenth.

Three-Physique was produced by Tencent and initially premiered in China final yr, and the Peacock model will likely be out there within the authentic Chinese language with English subtitles. On condition that they’re diversifications, 3 Physique Drawback and Three-Physique will observe the identical story, however the Chinese language adaptation seems to be rather more expansive; it spans 30 episodes in complete, in comparison with eight episodes for the Netflix collection.

For the uninitiated, The Three-Physique Drawback is the primary ebook in Cixin’s Remembrance of Earth’s Previous trilogy, and it covers… properly, let’s simply say, plenty of floor. Right here’s the official description from Peacock:

After a spate of mysterious deaths within the scientific group, a nanomaterials skilled, a counterterrorism detective, and a grieving mom workforce as much as uncover the reality of how a preferred alien world VR online game connects the deaths to the darkish days of China’s Cultural Revolution, and to the destiny of the world.

The monthlong head begin means followers would possibly simply have the ability to squeeze in all the Peacock model forward of Netflix’s — and when you’ve got any additional spare time, a brand new audiobook is on the way in which as properly.