Zhang Yimou forms AI team to support Three-Body Problem development
Zhang Yimou says he is revising the screenplay for “The Three-Body Problem” and has assembled an AI team, largely made up of people born in the 1990s, to support its development.
Director Zhang Yimou at a film event; a Sohu file photograph reproduced in the source article. Photo: Sohu.
Zhang Yimou says he is revising the screenplay for “The Three-Body Problem” and has assembled an AI team, largely made up of people born in the 1990s, to support its development. VnExpress cites Sohu’s account of his remarks at a Busan International Film Festival 2026 event. The director describes technology as a tool while keeping storytelling central to the Liu Cixin adaptation. The project remains in development, with no completed shoot or release date established by this report.
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