Netflix's high-profile plan to haveGame of Thronescreators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss adapt the bestselling Chinese sci-fi booksThe Three-Body Problem has been hit by a scandalous attempted-murder plot in Shanghai.
Netflix acquired the rights to produce the big-budget English-language adaptation of the hit books from Chinese company Yoozoo Group and its subsidiary Three-Body Universe, which previously had acquired the rights to the properties.
Yoozoo Group's chairman, Lin Qi, who is credited as a producer on the Netflix series alongside Benioff, Weissand others, was hospitalized after having been poisoned on Dec.
16, according to a statement released Wednesday by the Shanghai police. Local authorities have apprehended a suspect, surnamed.
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