Amazon May Spend $1 Billion USD to Adapt a Chinese Sci-Fi Novel
Looking to fill that ‘Game of Thrones’ void as the next hit series.
Following suit with Apple in the race for original TV and film content, Amazon is reportedly throwing $1 billion USD at a three-season series adaptation of The Three-Body Problem. Based on a 2008 sci-fi novel by Lui Cixin, the show will tell the tale of an alien race poised to invade Earth.
Given its critical success, literary prizes and high-profile praise from the likes of Barack Obama, the series would serve as a flagship show meant to go head-to-head with the likes of Game of Thrones. This and its plans for a The Lord of the Rings series could position Amazon nicely in a bid for television supremacy.
Amazon is also teaming up with Steven Spielberg for an original series starring Javier Bardem as Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
