- Alfie Allen shares 3 Body Problem creators have "pretty epic" plans for season 2 episodes
- He's one of the main new additions to season 2's cast
- Production is still in its early stages
3 Body Problem season 2 is currently in production, with an expected release date yet to be confirmed (though common sense tells us we can expect it in mid 2026 at the earliest). I've already been honest about not being able to remember the Netflix show's complex lore now, let alone by the time new episodes do eventually appear. But someone who is going to need to get their head around it all very quickly is Alfie Allen.
The Game of Thrones actor has been cast in a currently unknown role, alongside fellow newcomers David Yip, Jordan Sunshine, Claudia Doumit and Ellie de Lange. I'm speaking to Allen about his new series, Atomic, starring alongside Shazad Latif as a drug deal who runs into trouble when the cartel wants him to smuggle uranium. Hopefully, there's not too many similarities between the two shows, but 3 Body Problem season 2 is certainly going to pile on some unexpected pressure.
But what that pressure is exactly is unknown. We left season 1 with civilization threatened to be wiped out by the San-Ti, with the launch of Will's brain towards their fleet failing to stay on course (that will make more sense when you watch it). The conflict is far from over, and I can't help asking Allen what we can expect from upcoming episodes.
3 Body Problem season 2 episodes set to be 'pretty epic' according to new star Alfie Allen
“I'd second that without a doubt,” Allen tells me as I ask the pair about the two major projects they have on the horizon. “I'm just starting on 3 Body Problem season 2, I've only done two days [of filming]. But it's great. The stuff they've got planned out is pretty epic. It’s all so good.”
Given that we currently have no idea who Allen is playing or exactly how he's involved with the show, this literally could mean anything. It's less likely, but not impossible, that he's going to be on the side of the San-Ti, with the alien fleet needing new foes to fact as their ominous threat looms ever closer.
“The tone really changes once you get to the second season,” co-creators, writers, and executive producers David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo said in a statement to the streamer. “It’s much bigger. Things get wilder, the conflicts get more cosmic. Once people see it on the screen, they’re going to understand why we’ve been so excited for this season, in particular.”
It's not even much help to read the original book series given how much changed between season 1 and the first installment. It also presents another question – if production is only just beginning and season 2 is going to be even more involved than the first... how long are we actually going to be waiting for it?
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that season 2 won't be a repeat of Stranger Things season 5, but the fact that they have a similar level of sci-fi visual output, I'm nervous. Still, the cogs are moving, and I'm pretty sure we're all only just beginning to understand what we're letting ourselves in for.
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