Chris is a Senior News Writer for Collider. He can be found in an IMAX screen, with his eyes watering and his ears bleeding for his own pleasure. He joined the news team in 2022 and accidentally fell upwards into a senior position despite his best efforts.
The Big Picture Your next favourite Netflix series, 3 Body Problem, hasn't even debuted yet but talks are underway to bring it back for a second season, and the show already has a fan in the shape of President Barack Obama. And according to executive producers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the former POTUS was even offered a role in the series, although he was forced to decline, for entirely valid reasons.
A noted admirer of the series, Obama told The New York Times in 2017 that he found the books a pleasant distraction from the everyday pressures and expectations that came as a result of running an entire country. "The scope of it was immense. So that was fun to read," Obama said. "Partly because my day-to-day problems with Congress seem fairly petty — not something to worry about.
What is '3 Body Problem' About? Close The series is based on The Three Body Problem, a science fiction novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin, first published in 2008 and the first book in the "Remembrance of Earth's Past" trilogy. The novel is renowned for its complex and imaginative exploration of physics, cosmology, and the challenges humanity faces when confronted with a potential first contact scenario with extraterrestrial life.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Barack Obama turned down an offer to appear on Netflix’s 3 Body ProblemObama was a fan of the novel, but he figured he should save himself for a real alien invasion
Read more »
Republican Senator Praises Barack Obama's Border PoliciesSenator James Lankford said former President Barack Obama enforced the border much better than current President Joe Biden.
Read more »
The best career advice Barack Obama gave his ex-speechwriterPlus, how to think about your career in stages.
Read more »
Biden bragged to staff about doing better than Barack: ‘Obama would be jealous’President Joe Biden has bragged to his staff behind closed doors that he is doing a better job of governing than his former boss, former President Barack Obama.
Read more »
How Gaza turned everything upside down for the Black church and BidenA Mideast peace march from Philly to the White House reveals growing unrest among Black clergy and other key groups on the left.
Read more »
Why a South African writer turned down Germany's prestigious Goethe medalAuthor Zukiswa Wanner declined an award from Germany's Goethe Institut, citing the country's complicity in human rights violations in Palestine.
Read more »