The 3 Body Problem showrunners say they envision the series as ideally spanning four seasons (with a big time jump for the second season). While its anybody’s guess if they’ll get all four — and the show’s as-yet-unknown ratings will be key — 3 Body Problem does several factors in its favor for a pickup. For their part, the showrunners are wisely proceeding as if a renewal is going to happen, so they’re ready to quickly jump back into production.

 

“We don’t have a second season, but we need to keep pushing forward full steam ahead as if we did,” Benioff recently told Games Radar. “Because if we do get a second season, we’ll need to hit the ground running in terms of pre-production and production to get it out to people in some kind of reasonable time.”