SNOWPIERCER (on TNT Premieres May 31st) & A Look at the 2013 Film by Boon Joon Ho

February 11, 2020

SNOWPIERCER (on TNT Premieres May 31st) & A Look at the 2013 Film by Boon Joon Ho

With Director Bong Joon Ho and the South Korean movie "Parasite"'s win at the 92nd Academy Awards, no doubt eyes are now cast on his past works, as well as upcoming ones. And one of the projects is the feature film he helmed in 2013, which is scheduled to be adapted into a television series: "SNOWPIERCER", where he is credited as an "Executive Producer".

But first, let's take a quick look at the 2013-movie first, shall we?

The 2013-film was based on the French graphic novel "Le Transperceneige" by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette, with this South Korean-Czech co-production film being Bong's English-language debut (approximately 80% of the film was shot in English / Wiki). The film starred Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Go Ah-sung, John Hurt, and Ed Harris. (Source).

The film was represented by The Weinstein Company in the U.S., which apparently led to various friction between Harvey Weinstein and the director.

The theme of "rich" versus "poor" would also run parallel to "Parasite".

The 2013-film also spawned a Special Animation "prequel" - featured below - which ran for under 5 minutes.

As a "television series", production by Tomorrow Studios has since seen two seasons ordered, with the premier scheduled to sit May 31st on TNT in the U.S., and available on Netflix for worldwide distribution.

Thus far, a couple of short-form videos (a promo and a teaser) have been released online, along with a much longer trailer was released during San Diego Comic Con 2019.

"The show stars Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs, among others, and takes place in a rebooted narrative of the film, with events on the train starting about seven years after the global catastrophe." (Wiki)

SDCC2019-TRAILER:

TV SYNOPSIS: "Set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, Snowpiercer centers on the remnants of humanity, who inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out in this riveting television adaptation."