Multiple adaptations exist for Liu Cixin's novel trilogy, with the Netflix series standing out with visually striking and immersive storytelling. The Chinese TV adaptation, Three-Body, is a faithful representation, but lacks the immersion of the Netflix series. An upcoming feature film directed by Zhang Yimou might lead to a global film trilogy competition with Netflix's acclaimed 3 Body Problem series.

Netflix's 3 Body Problem is far from the only adaptation of Chinese science fiction author Liu Cixin's Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy. In fact, there are a total of five TV series and film adaptations and likely more on the way. The Three-Body Problem, the first in Cixin's Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy, was released in 2008 in China, followed by an English-language publication in 2014. The novel eventually won a Hugo Award for Best Novel, cementing its place in the literary science-fiction canon.

As in the Netflix series, the book straddles three time periods past,...