SNOWPIERCER is set to hit our screens on May 17, with the TNT series ready to dazzle fans after being in production for the last three years.
The dystopian sci-fi thriller is based on the 2013 film, from Korean director Bong Joon-ho, and 1982 French graphic novel, Le Transperceneige.
The plot of Snowpiercer, which is set on a perpetually moving train that holds the survivors of a second ice age, sees characters of Layton Well and Melanie Cavill central to the plot.
TNT’s new TV series is set seven years after the events of the 2013 film, which ended in a major act of back-end sedition with the derailment of the train by way of an explosion-triggered avalanche.
The series, which was developed by Avatar 2 and Terminator: Dark Fate co-writer Josh Freidman, questions class warfare, social injustice, and the politics of survival in a new dystopian world.
Daveed Diggs plays quiet prisoner Kayton Well, who is barely surviving the harsh conditions in the tail end of the train.
He is a rapper in experimental hip-hop group Clipping, and won a Grammy Award and Tony Award for his portayal of Thomas Jefferson in Broadway musical Hamilton.
Since leaving the musical in 2016, he has had a recurring role on the television series Black-ish, and co-starred in the film Wonder.
Jennifer Connelly takes the lead female role of Melanie Cavill, a first class passenger and the Voice of the Train, who makes the PA system’s daily announcements.
Jennifer made her film acting debut in Sergio Leone’s 1984 gangster epic Once Upon a Time in America and has starred in films such as Requiem for a Dream, A Beautiful Mind and Hulk.
Brit actor Mickey Sumner, the daughter of Sting and Trudie Styler, will play emphatic and savvy brakeman Bess Till, a key part of the train’s security force.
Sumner has had recurring roles on AMC’s series Low Winter Sun, and on Showtime’s series The Borgias.
Basso will play LJ Anderson, a quiet, diligent, Midwestern girl who lives with her parents in a fourth-class cabin and works in the greenhouse car.
Poor but not as desperate as those that live in the tail of the train, LJ has made peace with her daily routine until a major event shakes up her world.
The series premiere will be aired at 9pm ET on Sunday, May 17.
It was moved back two weeks from its original date.
The first season of Snowpiercer will feature 10 episodes, directed by guest directors including Scott Derickson and James Hawes.
