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3 Body Problem Season 2 Starts Filming in Hungary and Adds Two Series Regulars

Under its original showrunners, the series will chart humanity’s race to prepare for an imminent alien invasion

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Overview

  • Production officially began on July 8 in Hungary and Budapest, marking the next phase of the sci-fi adaptation
  • Claudia Doumit joins as Captain Van Rijn and Ellie De Lange as Ayla, both set as new series regulars
  • David Benioff, D. B. Weiss and Alexander Woo return as co-creators, writers and executive producers
  • Season 2 adopts the tagline “As the alien invasion nears, humanity prepares—on Earth and elsewhere” to frame its expanded narrative
  • Season 1 spent three weeks at No. 1 and seven weeks in Netflix’s Global Top 10, driving the streamer’s multi-season renewal