SHANGHAI - The hit Netflix series 3 Body Problem, adapted from the sci-fi trilogy by Hugo Award winner Liu Cixin, will return for a new season, the copyright holder Three-Body Universe confirmed on Thursday, following an earlier announcement by Netflix.

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David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo will return as the executive producers of the new season, according to the US streaming entertainment platform Netflix.

Adapted from Liu's The Three-Body Problem trilogy, the series has been viewed more than 46 million times on Netflix's streaming platform since its debut in late March.

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The Netflix adaptation has sparked a new round of global interest in Liu's novels as well as heated debates on the series' significant departure from the original story.

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The Shanghai-based Three-Body Universe Cultural Development Co, Ltd manages the copyrights of The Three-Body Problem, except for the original book publication.