Eiza González is reportedly in talks to star in The Three-Body Problem, Netflix's English-language adaptation of Chinese author Liu Cixin's trilogy of the same name from Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. There's no word on whom González will be playing. The 31-year-old Mexican actress is best known for her roles in Hollywood movies, including the Edgar Wright actioner Baby Driver, the Fast & Furious spin-off Hobbs & Shaw, the cyberpunk film Alita: Battle Angel, and the monster mash-up Godzilla vs. Kong. González rose to fame with the Mexican musical telenovela Lola, érase una vez, and the Nickelodeon teen drama Sueña conmigo.
Netflix making an English-language adaptation, I wouldn't be surprised if the core Chinese focus ends up being altered — to further cater to English-speaking audiences.
For Rian Johnson. Liu will also serve as a consulting producer on the Netflix series, in addition to Ken Liu, who worked on the novels' English translation.
In addition to Benioff, Weiss, and Johnson, executive producers on Netflix's Three-Body Problem series include the president of Benioff & Weiss' production house Bernadette Caulfield, Johnson's producing partner Ram Bergman, Johnson and Bergman's T-Street president of TV Nena Rodrigue, and The Three-Body Universe VP Zhao Jilong. Rosamund Pike's Primitive Streak are also involved on the Netflix adaptation of Liu's award-winning sci-fi trilogy. The Three-Body Universe chairman and rights-holders Yoozoo Group chairman Lin Qi was also involved, before his death from alleged poisoning in December last year.
Netflix has not set a release date for The Three-Body Problem.