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The Three-Body Problem (TV Series)
''3 Body Problem'' is an American science fiction television series created by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss and Alexander Woo. The third streaming adaptation of the Chinese novel series ''Remembrance of Earth's Past'' by former computer engineer Liu Cixin, its name comes from its first volume, ''The Three-Body Problem (novel), The Three-Body Problem'', named after a Three-body problem, classical physics problem dealing with Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation, gravitation. The eight-episode first season was released on Netflix on March 21, 2024. The series follows a diverse cast of characters, primarily scientists, who all come into contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, leading to various threats and humanity-wide changes. While the two previous series adaptations, the animated ''The Three-Body Problem in Minecraft'' (2014–2020) and the live-action ''Three-Body'' (2023), were exclusively in the novels' original Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Drama
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedict Wong
Benedict Wong (born 3 July 1971) is an English actor. He began his career on stage before starring in the film '' Dirty Pretty Things'' (2002), which earned him a British Independent Film Award nomination, and the BBC sitcom '' 15 Storeys High'' (2002–2004). This was followed by roles in the films '' On a Clear Day'' (2005), '' Sunshine'', '' Grow Your Own'' (both 2007), and ''Moon'' (2009), and the CBBC series '' Spirit Warriors'' (2010). Wong gained further recognition in the 2010s for his roles as Kublai Khan in the Netflix series ''Marco Polo'' (2014–2016), Bruce Ng in the film '' The Martian'' (2015), and Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise since the film ''Doctor Strange'' (2016). He has since starred in the Syfy series '' Deadly Class'' (2019). His performance in the film '' Nine Days'' (2020) earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Since 2024, he has a main role in the Netflix series ''3 Body Problem''. Early life and education Won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-Street
T-Street is an American film and television production company led by Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman. Under its T-Street Productions division, the company is responsible for the feature-length film ''Knives Out'' and the sequel ''Glass Onion''. History In September 2019, Rian Johnson and producer Ram Bergman launched T-Street, an entrepreneurial company that will generate original content for film and TV shows. The venture is fully capitalized by global media company Valence Media. T-Street launched with a first look deal with Valence Media's Media Rights Capital for film and television projects. Valence Media holds a substantial minority equity stake in the company. Johnson and Bergman intend to make their own original creations through the company, and produce others. On October 25, 2019, Nena Rodrigue was named President of Television for T-Street. Rodrigue will have creative oversight of all television projects for the studio. She most recently served as EVP of Programming a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Freeman (cinematographer)
Jonathan Freeman, is a Canadian cinematographer. A multi-award-winning director of photography for motion pictures, television and commercials, he is known for his work on ''Game of Thrones'', ''The Penguin'', '' 3 Body Problem'' and ''Boardwalk Empire''. Freeman's motion picture credits include ''Remember Me'', '' Fifty Dead Men Walking'', ''The Edge of Love'', ''Hollywoodland'' and '' The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio''. He frequently collaborates with directors Allen Coulter, Ernest Dickerson, David Nutter, and Russell Mulcahy. Early life Freeman was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to a mother who was a fine art painter. As an adult, he moved to New York City. Career Freeman was a director of photography on ''Game of Thrones'', ''The Penguin'', and shot multiple episodes of ''Boardwalk Empire''. His other television credits include historical drama ''Rome'', the Steven Spielberg-produced miniseries '' Taken'' and pilots for the long-running TV series ''Ray Donovan'', ''So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernadette Caulfield
Bernadette Caulfield is an American television producer. She worked on the supernatural drama series ''The X-Files'' and the HBO drama series ''Big Love'' and ''Game of Thrones''. She was nominated for the Emmy Award for outstanding drama series for her work on ''Big Love'', and won four Emmys for her work on ''Game of Thrones''. Biography Caulfield went to high school in Rochester, New York where she worked at a local movie theater. In 1981, she worked as a production assistant on a movie that was being filmed locally. In 1982, she moved to Los Angeles where she began her career working on a number of television series including Steven Bochco's '' Brooklyn South'' and '' Philly''; Michael Mann's '' Robbery Homicide Division'' and Ridley Scott's and Tony Scott's '' The Good Wife''. Caulfield joined the crew of ''The X-Files'' as the on set producer for the sixth season in 1998. ''The X-Files'' was created by Chris Carter and focuses on a pair of FBI agents investigating cases wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ram Bergman
Ram Bergman () is an Israeli film producer. He is known for producing ''Brick'' (2005), '' The Brothers Bloom'' (2008), '' Looper'' (2012), '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' (2017), and ''Knives Out'' (2019), all of which were written and directed by Rian Johnson. Bergman received an Achievement in Film Award at the 2018 Israel Film Festival and was nominated for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures for ''Knives Out'' at the 2020 Producers Guild of America Awards. Early life Bergman was born and raised in Rishon LeZion, Israel, to a Jewish family. Career Bergman first began producing films during his early 20s, having moved from his native Rishon LeZion in Israel to initially New York and then Los Angeles, in 1991. He had no formal training, just a passion for the film industry and a willingness to keep at it. He worked as a valet, while also “trying to figure out how to make movies” and within the year he was producing his first film, learning his trade w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rian Johnson
Rian Craig Johnson (born December 17, 1973) is an American filmmaker. He made his directorial debut with the neo-noir mystery film ''Brick (film), Brick'' (2005), which received positive reviews and grossed nearly $4 million on a $450,000 budget. Transitioning to higher-profile films, Johnson achieved mainstream recognition for writing and directing the science-fiction thriller ''Looper (film), Looper'' (2012) to critical and commercial success. Johnson landed his largest project when he wrote and directed the space opera ''Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' (2017), which grossed over $1 billion. He returned to the mystery genre with ''Knives Out'' (2019) and its sequel ''Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Glass Onion'' (2022), both of which earned him Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations for Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, respectively. Additionally, Johnson is also known fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dede Gardner
Dorcas Wright "Dede" Gardner (born October 16, 1967) is an American film producer. She was president since the founding of Plan B Entertainment and currently serving as Co-President with Jeremy Kleiner since 2013. She has won Oscars for producing the films ''12 Years a Slave'' (2013) and ''Moonlight'' (2016), becoming the first woman to win two Oscars for Best Picture. She has also been nominated in the category for '' The Tree of Life'' (2011), '' Selma'' (2014), ''The Big Short'' (2015), ''Vice'' (2018), '' Women Talking'' (2022), and '' Nickel Boys'' (2024). Early life She is the daughter of Dorothy and John Gardner, of Chicago, Illinois. She graduated cum laude from Columbia University in 1990. Her classmates included television showrunners Jeff Rake and Gina Fattore. Her father is a partner at the Chicago investment bank William Blair & Company; her mother is president of the Michael Reese Health Trust. Personal life In 2000, she married Jonathan Boris Berg in an Episco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Kleiner
Jeremy Kleiner (born 1976/1977) is an American film producer. Since 2013, he has served as the co-president of Plan B Entertainment with Dede Gardner. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for four consecutive years for producing '' 12 Years a Slave'' (2013), '' Selma'' (2014), '' The Big Short'' (2015), and ''Moonlight'' (2016), winning for ''12 Years a Slave'' and ''Moonlight''. He earned his fifth nomination for ''Vice'' (2018). Early life Kleiner was born into a Jewish family in either 1976 or 1977. He attended Harvard University, where he won the Detur Book Prize, the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize, and was elected Phi Beta Kappa before graduating in 1998. Career Kleiner worked as a creative executive at The Donners' Company. In 2003, he joined Plan B Entertainment, working his way up from a creative executive to producer. Since 2013, he has served as the co-president of Plan B Entertainment with Dede Gardner. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Pitt
William Bradley Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and film producer. In a Brad Pitt filmography, film career spanning more than thirty years, Pitt has received list of awards and nominations received by Brad Pitt, numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Films in which he has appeared in have grossed over $8.8billion worldwide. Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the Ridley Scott road film ''Thelma & Louise'' (1991). Pitt emerged as a star taking on leading man roles in films such as the drama ''A River Runs Through It (film), A River Runs Through It'' (1992), the western ''Legends of the Fall'' (1994), the horror film ''Interview with the Vampire (film), Interview with the Vampire'' (1994), the crime thriller ''Seven (1995 film), Seven'' (1995), and the cult film ''Fight Club'' (1999). Pitt found greater commercial success starring in Steven Sod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gao Xiaosong
Gao Xiaosong (; born 14 November 1969) is a Chinese musician, talk show host, and film director. He rose to fame in the 1990s as a campus folk songwriter and later became a prominent entertainment executive and media personality. From 2015 to 2021, Gao served as Chairman of the Alibaba Entertainment Strategic Committee and AliMusic. In September 2021, he was blacklisted in China, with his talk shows removed from platforms, reportedly due to his "historical nihilism" and pro-Western views. Career Music *1988 graduated from Beijing No.4 High School *1988 entered Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, majoring in Radar *1991 Dropped out of Tsinghua University and attended the preparatory course for postgraduate study of film directing in Beijing Film Academy *1993 Released debut album ''Collegiate Ballads 1'', which won almost all the pop music prizes that year. In the years that followed, worked as a composer of both music and lyrics, sometimes as produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lin Qi (businessman)
Lin Qi (; name often styled in the media as Lynch; 1981–2020) was a Chinese entrepreneur who founded Yoozoo Games. Early life Lin Qi was born in 1981 in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, to parents who were both involved in traditional manufacturing. From an early age, Lin Qi developed a fondness for video games. After graduating from high school, he pursued studies in computer information management at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, graduating in 2004. After graduating, he worked as a software engineer for Zhejiang's China Telecom, and left in 2007 to become a partner in an online advertising agency. Yoozoo He founded Yoozoo in June 2009, which is focused on the creation and production of video games. The business experienced rapid expansion, with the establishment of subsidiaries and affiliates, including Youzoo Interactive, and diversifying into fields such as television and film production. In 2019, Yoozoo Games developed and published '' Game of Thrones: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
