It also appears that China’s YooZoo Pictures has been attempting to adapt The Three-Body Problem for film since at least 2014 (via UPROXX), and it would cost Amazon $1 billion “to acquire the rights and to produce three seasons of episodes.”
Reports indicate the streaming service is looking to drop at least $1 billion for a three-season adaptation of Chinese alien invasion novel The Three-Body Problem.
The Financial Times reports that Amazon is looking to purchase the rights to Liu Cixin’s hugely-popular Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, including novels The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest and Death’s End.
The Three-Body Problem’s $1 billion might not even get them that far.