PARIS, March 13 — The makers of Game of Thrones return with 3 Body Problem, the adaptation of an iconic Chinese sci-fi trilogy.

It premieres this weekend at the South by Southwest Festival in Texas before launching on Netflix on March 21.

Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, coming off their huge hit with Game of Thrones, have liberally translated from the books by Liu Cixin, which has already been adapted for Chinese TV.