Gaming executive Xu Yao was convicted of murder after he poisoned Lin Qi following a dispute over the company Yoozoo Games, which Qi founded, the Shanghai First Intermediate People's Court said, according to reports from the Associated Press, The New York Times and CNN.

Despite this, the novel The Three-Body Problem not only cleared China's broad book ban on anti-government messaging (although before Xi Jinping's subsequent tightening of censorship across the cultural front) but has become beloved in its home nation.

Qi Lin, the late former Chairman of Yoozoo Group, and Jilong Zhao, CEO of the rights-holder, The Three-Body Universe, are Executive Producers, along with Xiaosong Gao and Lauren Ma. Plan B Entertainment's Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner and Dede Gardner are Executive Producers.

Lin, the founder and CEO of Yoozoo Games, was hospitalized Dec. 17 and died on Christmas Day. Earlier this year, Benioff called Lin's death "certainly disconcerting," telling The Hollywood Reporter, "When you work in this business, you're expecting all sorts of issues to arise.