Following Game of Thrones’ fantasy and sci-fi 3-body problem, the showrunners are developing a promising historical series for Netflix.

In 2019, Netflix scored a big hit with the signing of showrunner duo David Benioff and DB Weiss. The latter rose to fame with his work on Game of Thrones, a multi-award winning series that needs no introduction. According to American mediaThe giant paid at least 200 million dollars for this.

The assassinated president

The two screenwriters have since been working on The 3-Body Problem , due out March 21, and are also overseeing another project. This series is called Death by Lightning and is taken from the novel The fate of the republic By Candace Millard is a biopic about James Garfield, the 20th President of the United States, who was assassinated by his greatest admirer, Charles Guiteau.

The project is currently in development under the direction of showrunner Mike Makowski. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are executive producers. If casting for the supporting cast is currently underway, we know who will play the two main roles: Matthew Macfadyen (Legacy) will play Guiteo, and Michael Shannon (Man of Steel) will play President Garfield.

Today we study The Hollywood Reporter that the series stars two new actors: Betty Gilpin (GLOW), who will fall for First Lady Kurt Garfield, and Nick Offerman (The Last of Us), who will play Chester Arthur, the vice president who provides temporary work. After the death of the head of state.

3 Body Problem Test

But before they discover this political thriller, subscribers are invited to next March for their next project, 3 body problemsBased on the science fiction novel by Chinese writer Liu Cixin.

It is expected that David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will be turned into this adaptation, which promises to be as expensive as it is complex: the world is special, there are no big stars, and the script is not the easiest to understand.

The series promises to be a test for both Netflix and the two showrunners who have been shunned by fans since the final season of Game of Thrones. It remains to be seen if this deal with their platform will allow them to relaunch.