The Snowpiercer TV show finally has a new conductor. Previous Snowpiercer showrunner Josh Friedman left the show very quickly after TNT gave it a greenlight. Now, Orphan Black co-creator Graeme Manson will take over. TNT’s Snowpiercer TV show got off to a bumpy start. Less than two weeks after the sci-fi series received the go-ahead from TNT, original showrunner Josh Friedman departed. […]
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Daily Podcast: Westworld, Men In Black, Rocketeer, Solo, Atlanta, Snowpiercer, Moviepass, Clue
On the February 28, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined /Film senior writer Ben Pearson, and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest news, including the Men in Black reboot, The Rocketeer animated series, Solo timeline, Atlanta season 2 early buzz, the Snowpiercer tv series and Moviepass lawsuit. And in […]
TNT’s ‘Snowpiercer’ Series is a ‘Spaceship Show’ On a Train [TCA 2017]
TNT and TBS President and Chief Creative Officer Kevin Reilly spoke with the Television Critics Association in an executive session. /Film asked him about the upcoming TNT adaptation of Snowpiercer, based on the Bong Joon-Ho film. The story is set on a train that is the last habitable shelter in a post-apocalyptic ice age, which makes it […]
Alison Wright, aka ‘The Americans” Martha, Cast in ‘Snowpiercer’ Pilot
As you may have already heard, one of the latest “everything will eventually become a series version of whatever it formerly was” news stories has been the TV pilot adaptation of Bong Joon-Ho’s wild, anti-capitalist, sci-fi/fantasy action film, Snowpiercer. It was already announced that Hamilton actor Daveed Diggs (who you may have recently caught on Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Black-ish, or The […]
Jennifer Connelly Will Star in TNT’s ‘Snowpiercer’ TV Series
Jennifer Connelly will star in TNT’s hour-long Snowpiercer pilot, which will be directed by Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange). They previously collaborated on The Day the Earth Stood Still remake. Now, they’re working on a new series based on director Bong Joon-ho‘s propulsive sci-fi thriller (adapted from a French graphic novel of the same name). Joon-ho is executive-producing the show along with Chan-wook Park (Oldboy). […]
Snowpiercer: Mickey Sumner Joins TNT Pilot Based on 2013 Thriller
Frances Ha standout Mickey Sumner has come aboard Snowpiercer, TNT’s forthcoming adaptation of the 2013 futuristic thriller, our sister site Deadline reports. RELATEDJennifer Connelly to Star in Snowpiercer Series Adaptation at TNT Set 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 […]
Jennifer Connelly to Star in Snowpiercer Series Adaptation at TNT
Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly has scored a primo seat alongside Hamilton‘s Daveed Diggs aboard Snowpiercer, TNT’s in-the-works series adaptation of the 2013 futuristic thriller. Set 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 […]
‘Snowpiercer’ TV Remake Seals ‘Hamilton’s’ Daveed Diggs as Lead
Bong Joon-Ho’s acclaimed sci-fi locomotive indictment of capitalism, Snowpiercer, is being, well, capitalized on by TNT, who in Nov. 2016 ordered a pilot of a series based on the film/the French graphic novel on which that itself was based. (That news may have slipped right by you due to some other late capitalist dystopian, erm, events happening in […]