Game of Thrones creators wanted their new Netflix sci-fi series to “feel different in many, many ways” to the fantasy epic

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David Benioff and D.B. Weiss may be best known for being the showrunners of Game of Thrones, HBO's fantasy hit that ran for eight seasons, but the pair's next project, which sees them team up with True Blood writer/producer Alexander Woo, is a very different kettle of fish. 3 Body Problem is a new genre-hopping Netflix series based on the Chinese trilogy Remembrance of Earth’s Past by author Liu Cixin – and if that sounds worlds away from Game of Thrones, that's because that was Benioff and Weiss' intention. "We spent 13 wonderful years in the world of that show...