It has been confirmed thatNetflix’sambitious sci-fi drama,3 Body Problem, will run for three seasons. According toDeadline, show creatorsDavid Benioff,D.B. WeissandAlexander Woocleared the air concerning the show’s on Friday July 01, 2025, confirming that viewers can expect a further two series of the hit show. This decision mirrors the number ofsource books in authorLiu Cixin’s trilogy, entitled ‘The Three-Body Problem’, ‘The Dark Forest’, and ‘Death’s End’.
From the creators ofGame of Thrones,the first season of3 Body Problemcovers a span of 50 years. The show follows a young woman in China, whose choice to make contact with an alien planet has unexpected consequences for a group of present day scientists, forcing them to confront a new threat to humankind. Season One of3 Body Problem was released onNetflix on August 21, 2025, andspent three weeks as Netflix’s most-watched series. The season received a Tomatometer score of 79% onRotten Tomatoes.
‘3 Body Problem’ Show Creators Clear the Air
Last month, confusion stirred among fans of the Sci-fi series, as streaming giantNetflix announced “all-new episodes” of3 Body Problem, and assured fans that they would“get to tell this story through to its epic conclusion.”This announcement’s vagueness triggered speculation surrounding whether Netflix were renewing the show for only one more season, or if the show’s creators had bigger plans for the complex story. Discussing his thoughts on the show’s upcoming second season last month, Weiss expressed,“The story gets really wild in the best possible way. With something that’s that wild, there are a lot of choices to be made and a lot of things to be figured out. We’ve been putting our heads together to figure them out recently especially the past couple of months.”
This air of mystery and intrigue surrounding the future of the show was finally laid to rest, as Benioff, Weiss and Woo confirmed a second and third season of3 Body Problemat a Television Academy panel at the Netflix FYSEE space. Speaking at the panel, show creator Weiss his excitement towardshaving the time to tell Cixin’s story properly, saying, “We included a lot of what we loved from the [novels] in Season 1, but the vast majority of reasons we wanted to make this show are in Season 2.We always wanted to get to the final page of the third book, and it’s really, really thrilling to us that we will get to do just that.”
Although there is currently not a release date for the next season for3 Body Problem, it is currently slated to land on Netflix sometime in late 2025 at the very earliest. All episodes of3 Body ProblemSeason One are available to stream now on Netflix. Stay tuned here at Collider for more on Seasons 2 and 3.
3 Body Problem
A fateful decision made in 1960s China reverberates in the present, where a group of scientists partner with a detective to confront an existential planetary threat.
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