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{{Infobox Series
{{Infobox Series
|title1 = Snowpiercer  
|title1 = Snowpiercer  
|image1 =Teaser Poster Season 1.jpg  
|image1 =<gallery>
Snowpiercer Season 1 Poster (1).jpg|Season 1
Snowpiercer Season 2 Poster.jpg|Season 2
Snowpiercer Season 3 Poster.jpg|Season 3
</gallery>
|creator = [[Graeme Manson]]
|creator = [[Graeme Manson]]
|showrunner = Graeme Manson
|showrunner = Graeme Manson
|country = USA
|country = United States
|language = English
|language = English
|seasons = [[Season 1|1]] • [[Season 2|2]]
|seasons = [[Season 1|1]] • [[Season 2|2]] • [[Season 3|3]] • [[Season 4|4]]
|episodes = 10
|release = May 31, 2020 — present
|producers = <div class="toccolors mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:170px">
|episodes = 30
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
|network = [[TNT]]}}
Graeme Manson<br>[[Bong Joon-ho]]<br>[[Dooho Choi]]<br>[[Marty Adelstein]]<br>[[Becky Clements]]<br>[[Josh Friedman]]<br>[[Park Chan-wook]]<br>[[Lee Tae-hun]]<br>[[Scott Derrickson]]<br>[[Matthew O’Connor]]<br>[[James Hawes]]<br>[[Lizzie Mickery]]<br>[[Aubrey Nealon]]<br>[[Holly Redford]]
'''''Snowpiercer''''' is an American, post-apocalyptic dystopian-thriller television series created by [[Graeme Manson]] for [[TNT]]. A reboot of the earlier 2013 [[Snowpiercer (film)|movie]] of the same name, the series follows the passengers of [[Snowpiercer]], a gigantic train circulating the globe carrying the last survivors of humanity after the world becomes a frozen wasteland.  
</div></div>
|writers = <div class="toccolors mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:170px">
<div class="mw-collapsible-content">
Graeme Manson<br>[[Tina de la Torre]]<br>[[Donald Joh]]<br>[[Hiram Martinez]]<br>Aubrey Nealon<br>[[Chinaka Hodge]]<br>[[Benjamin Legrand]]<br>[[Jacques Lob]]<br>Lizzie Mickery<br>[[Jean-Marc Rochette]]
</div></div>
|network = [[TBS]]
|release_date = 2020 }}'''Snowpiercer''' is an upcoming post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller television drama series that is set to air on [[TNT]] in the second quarter of 2020. It is based on both the 2013 South Korean-Czech film of the [[same name]], directed by [[Bong Joon-ho]], and the 1982 French graphic novel [[Le Transperceneige]], from which the film was adapted, by [[Jacques Lob]], [[Benjamin Legrand]], and [[Jean-Marc Rochette]].


The series, a reboot of the film's continuity, follows the passengers of the Snowpiercer, a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe carrying the remnants of humanity seven years after the world becomes a frozen wasteland. Snowpiercer questions class warfare, social injustice, and the politics of survival.
The series is set seven years following the mass-extinction event on Earth, but eight years before the [[Snowpiercer (film)|''Snowpiercer'']] movie.  


While in development at '''TNT''' for over three years, the series faced numerous production issues and delays arising from creative differences between the series' producers and the network. The series remained in development hell until May 2019, when it was announced that the series would instead air on TBS for a spring 2020 release, and that it was already renewed for a [[Season 2|second season]]. However, in September 2019, the decision to change networks was reversed.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2019/10/snowpiercer-air-tnt-decision-to-move-sci-fi-drama-to-tbs-reversed-1202750818/ - ‘Snowpiercer’ To Air On TNT As Decision To Move Sci-Fi Drama To TBS Is Reversed]</ref>
After numerous delays in production — arising from creative differences between the writers and network, TNT — the series' development was extended until May 2019, where a change of network (to TBS) was announced by parent company WarnerMedia. Months later, in September 2019, WarnerMedia reversed the network changed whilst revealing that the series had been greenlit for a [[Season 2|second season]]. Following the increase in consumer demand and the global uncertainty regarding COVID-19, TNT brought forward the release date of the series from May 31, 2020, to May 17, 2020.
 
The second season premiered on January 25, 2021 on [[TNT]] and on [[Netflix]] January 26, 2021. On January 19, 2021, it was announced that the series was renewed for a [[Season 3|third season]] ahead of the its second season premiere.<ref name="Deadline1">[deadline.com/2021/01/snowpiercer-renewed-season-3-tnt-ahead-of-season-2-debut-1234676353/ ‘Snowpiercer’ Renewed For Season 3 By TNT Ahead Of Season 2 Debut]</ref> The third season premiered on January 24, 2022 on TNT and on Netflix January 25, 2021.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SnowpiercerTV/status/1455973004312199177 Attention passengers! Season 3 of #Snowpiercer arrives January 24, 2022.]</ref><ref>[https://deadline.com/2021/11/tbs-tnt-premiere-dates-snowpiercer-full-frontal-american-dad-1234867145/ TNT Ices ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 3 Premiere Date; TBS’ ‘Full Frontal’ & ‘American Dad!’ Also Set For January]</ref>
 
On July 29, 2021, the series was renewed for a [[Season 4|fourth season]] as the third season wraps up filming. [[Daveed Diggs]] made the renewal announcement on the set of the show at the tail end of production.<ref>[https://twitter.com/SnowpiercerTV/status/1420795002087747586 Psssttt! #Snowpiercer Season 4 is coming. Are you ready?]</ref><ref>[https://deadline.com/2021/07/snowpiercer-renewed-season-4-tnt-season-3-wrap-production-1234802083/ ‘Snowpiercer’ Renewed For Season 4 By TNT As Season 3 Wraps Production]</ref>


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
Snowpiercer picks up seven years after the world becomes a frozen wasteland and follows the remnants of humanity who inhabit a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe. The show questions class warfare, social injustice, and the politics of survival.
Snowpiercer picks up seven years after the world becomes a frozen wasteland and follows the remnants of humanity who inhabit a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe. The show questions class warfare, social injustice, and the politics of survival.


== Credits ==
== Cast and Characters==
=== Cast and characters ===
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
==== Main ====
==== Main ====
*[[Daveed Diggs]] as [[Layton Well]]
*[[Daveed Diggs]] as [[Andre Layton]]
*[[Jennifer Connelly]] as [[Melanie Cavill]]
*[[Jennifer Connelly]] as [[Melanie Cavill]]
*[[Mickey Sumner]] as [[Bess Till]]
*[[Mickey Sumner]] as [[Bess Till]]
*[[Annalise Basso]] as [[LJ Anderson]]
*[[Annalise Basso]] as [[LJ Folger]]
*[[Sasha Frolova]] as [[Pixi Aariak]]
*[[Sasha Frolova]] as [[Pixi Aariak]]
*[[Alison Wright]] as [[Lilah Anderson]]
*[[Alison Wright]] as [[Ruth]]
*[[Benjamin Haigh]] as [[Fergus McConnell]]
*[[Benjamin Haigh]] as [[Fergus McConnell]]
*[[Roberto Urbina]] as [[Avi]]
*[[Roberto Urbina]] as [[Javier De La Torre]]
*[[Katie McGuinness]] as [[Josie McConnell]]
*[[Katie McGuinness]] as [[Josie Wellstead]]
*[[Susan Park]] as [[Jinju]]
*[[Susan Park]] as [[Jinju Seong]]
*[[Lena Hall]] as [[Sayori]]
*[[Lena Hall]] as [[Miss Audrey]]
*[[Sheila Vand]] as [[Zarah]]
*[[Sheila Vand]] as [[Zarah Ferami]]
*[[Sam Otto]] as [[John Osweiler]]
*[[Sam Otto]] as [[John Osweiller]]
*[[Iddo Goldberg]] as [[Bennett]]
*[[Iddo Goldberg]] as [[Bennett Knox]]
*[[Jaylin Fletcher]] as [[Miles]]
*[[Jaylin Fletcher]] as [[Miles]]
 
*[[Mike O'Malley]] as [[Roche|Brakeman Roche]]
==== Guest ====
*[[Rowan Blanchard]] as [[Alexandra Cavill]]
*[[Miranda Edwards]] as [[Lights]]
*[[Benjamin Charles Watson]] as [[Brakeman Fuller]]
{{Col-2}}
==== Recurring ====
==== Recurring ====
*[[Steven Ogg]] as [[Pike]]
*[[Steven Ogg]] as [[Pike]]
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*[[Fiona Vroom]] as [[Miss Gillies]]
*[[Fiona Vroom]] as [[Miss Gillies]]
*[[Manoj Sood]] as [[Rajiv Sharma]]
*[[Manoj Sood]] as [[Rajiv Sharma]]
*[[Chelsea Harris]] as [[Sykes]]
{{Col-end}}


==== Guest ====
==Trivia==
*[[Rowan Blanchard]] as [[Alexandra]]
*The series launched on Sunday May 17, 2020 at 9p m. It was previously planned to launch on Sunday, May 31.
*[[Miranda Edwards]] as [[Lights]]
*The network was responding to the growing appetite for content as the majority of Americans are in lockdown.
*[[Benjamin Charles Watson]] as [[Brakeman Fuller]]
*It took a journey of five years across three networks and multiple showrunners before Tomorrow Studios was able to shepherd “Snowpiercer” to its May 17 debut on [[TNT]].
*The second season of the show, halted production due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
*The show has had a long gestation.
*TNT ordered the Snowpiercer pilot back in November 2016 and picked it up to series over two years ago.
*The show was given an early Season 2 renewal in May and moved from [[TNT]] to sister channel TBS.
**Five months later, and Snowpiercer was returned to its [[TNT|original network]].
*The show debuted to 3.3 million total viewers across TNT and TBS.<ref name="Variety1">[https://www.google.com/amp/s/variety.com/2020/tv/news/snowpiercer-premiere-tv-ratings-1234610053/amp/ "TV Ratings: ‘Snowpiercer’ Series Premiere Ploughs Its Way to 3.3 Million Viewers" - Variety1]</ref>
**Among them 607,000 tuned in to the 9 p.m. telecast who were in the key 18-49 demographic.<ref name="Variety1"/>
**The total viewers represents the largest debut for a TNT show since “The Alienist” in 2018.<ref name="Variety1"/>
**The series premiere tallied almost exactly 1 million viewers in the demo.<ref name="Variety1"/>
*Across the Atlantic, the show is not airing on Netflix
**The first two episodes dropped on Monday 25 May on Netflix, with one coming every Monday from then on.
*Though in the story Snowpiercer is 10 miles long, with 1,001 cars. <ref name="Variety2">[https://variety.com/2020/artisans/production/vfx-design-teams-snowpiercer-train-1234612720/ "How the ‘Snowpiercer’ VFX and Design Teams Collaborated to Create the TNT Show’s Centerpiece Train" - Variety2]</ref>
**Production designer Barry Robison and his art department built 18 cars on four stages.<ref name="Variety2"/>
***Including the engine; a hydroponic gardening car; first- , second- and third-class dining cars; a sushi restaurant with an undersea element; and the “chains” car, which resembles an Asian night market.<ref name="Variety2"/>
*For the interiors, Robison looked to Japan and China for clues as to where locomotive design technology is headed.<ref name="Variety2"/>
**He and art director Tom Wilkins also contacted Canadian railway companies, which offered insights and solutions for the problems of a vehicle moving through hostile environments like the one [[Snowpiercer]] travels through — notably information about snowplows, debris diverters and warming elements to keep the train moving.<ref name="Variety2"/>
*The ''Snowpiercer'' [[Season 2]] trailer was released on October 8, 2020 as part of the show’s appearance at New York Comic-Con, alongside the news that the TNT series will return for its second season on January 25th at 9pm ET/PT.


==Development==
==Development==
In November 2015, [[Marty Adelstein]]'s Tomorrow Studios optioned the rights to develop a television series based on the 2013 film [[Snowpiercer Movie|Snowpiercer]], which was adapted from the 1982 French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by [[Jacques Lob]], [[Benjamin Legrand]], and [[Jean-Marc Rochette]]. The film's director [[Bong Joon-ho]] was attached as an executive producer alongside Adelstein and [[Josh Friedman]], with the latter also set to write. A year later in November 2016, the project was ordered to pilot along with backup scripts by '''TNT''' with Friedman to serve as showrunner. In May 2017, it was announced that [[Scott Derrickson]] would direct the pilot written by Friedman. The pilot was picked up to series in January 2018. Later that month, Friedman was removed from the project by '''TNT''' due to "creative differences" with the network. [[Graeme Manson]] was appointed to replace Friedman as showrunner the following month. That June, Derrickson refused to return for reshoots on the pilot due to creative disputes with Manson, explaining via Twitter:
Much of the series is based on the original 2013 film, ''Snowpiercer''. Tomorrow Studios filed for rights to develop the series in 2015, and the series was ordered to pilot in November 2016; Josh Friedman would serve as showrunner with Derrickson directing the Pilot. Friedman would later be removed from the series by network TNT, who cited creative differences with the network.  


*''"The 72-page Snowpiercer TV pilot script by [Josh Friedman] is the best I’ve ever read. The feature-length pilot I made from that script may be my best work. The new showrunner has a radically different vision for the show. I am forgoing my option to direct the extreme reshoots."''<ref>[https://deadline.com/2018/06/snowpiercer-director-refuses-return-reshoots-showrunner-vision-scott-derrickson-1202420009/ - ‘Snowpiercer’ Director Refuses To Return For Reshoots Over Showrunner’s “Radically Different Vision”]</ref>
Despite a new showrunner being hired, Graeme Manson, Derrickson refused to return to shoot a new Pilot, citing that the original script was the best he had ever read and sequentially, his directing was some of his best—if not his best—work. The Pilot was later reshoot, with nothing but the special effects from the original being used.  


Less than two weeks later, [[James Hawes]] joined the series in July as a co-executive producer and a director to oversee the reshoots for the pilot.<ref>[https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/snowpiercer-series-tnt-director-james-hawes-1202869102/ - James Hawes to Direct 'Snowpiercer' Pilot Reshoots for TNT (EXCLUSIVE)]</ref> Later that month, Netflix picked up the international distribution rights to stream the series outside of the United States and China.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2018/07/netflix-international-distribution-snowpiercer-dear-john-1202432340/ - Netflix Takes International Distribution On TNT's 'Snowpiercer' & Bravo's 'Dirty John]</ref> In May 2019, it was announced that the series would air on [[TBS]] instead of '''[[TNT]]''' for a spring 2020 release, and that a [[Season 2|second season]] had already been ordered by the network.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2019/05/snowpiercer-moves-tbs-season-2-renewal-1202615187/ - ‘Snowpiercer’ Moves To TBS With Early Season 2 Renewal]</ref> That month, it was also announced that Huanxi Media Group had signed on to broadcast the first two seasons exclusively in China. Manson will return as showrunner for the second season.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2019/06/snowpiercer-steven-ogg-promoted-series-regular-season-2-1202630527/ - ‘Snowpiercer’: Steven Ogg Upped To Series Regular For Season 2]</ref><ref>[https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/snowpiercer/281686/snowpiercer-season-2-tbs - Snowpiercer Season 2 Cast and Details]</ref> In September 2019, the decision to change networks was reversed, with the series once again set to air on [[TNT]].
Netflix picked up international streaming rights for the series outside of the US shortly after.
 
[[File:Snowpiercer Official Timeline.jpg|thumb]]
==Trivia==
In 2020, TNT released a timeline for the ''Snowpiercer'' saga, citing that the series took place seven years following the extinction event, but the movie took place fifteen years post-extinction. This revelation means that, despite the show being loosely based on the movie, the events of the show predate the movie by eight years.


==Multimedia==
==Multimedia==
===Images===
===Promotional Videos===
<tabber>
<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
|-|Posters=
Snowpiercer- Season 3 Premieres January 24, 2022 - Official Trailer - TNT
<table>
Snowpiercer returns for Season 3 with Sean Bean, Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connelly - TNT
</table>
Snowpiercer- Daveed Diggs’ Season 4 Renewal Announcement - TNT
Snowpiercer Teaser- Season 2 Premieres January 25, 2021 - TNT
Snowpiercer Behind The Scenes “Rapid Fire Three Things To Bring Aboard” TNT
Snowpiercer Class Warfare - Behind the Scenes of Season 1 TNT
Snowpiercer Behind The Scenes Look of the Train TNT
Snowpiercer Official Trailer Netflix
Snowpiercer Official Teaser Netflix
Snowpiercer Official Trailer Premieres May 17 TNT
Snowpiercer Official Trailer 2 TNT
Snowpiercer Official Teaser Premiering May 17 TNT
Snowpiercer Official Trailer TNT
Snowpiercer Animation PROMO TNT
</gallery>


|-|Promotional Images=
===Promotional Images===
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<gallery hideaddbutton="true">
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Snowpiercer S2 First Look 01.jpeg
Snowpiercer S2 First Look 02.jpeg
Snowpiercer S2 First Look 03.jpeg
Snowpiercer Season 1 Poster (1).jpg|TNT Poster
SNO_LA_19x48_v3.jpg|Alternate, Horizontal Poster
Snowpiercer_Season_1_Poster_(3).jpg|Netflix English Poster
Snowpiercer Season 1 Poster (2).jpg|Netflix Spanish Poster
Snowpiercer Teaser Poster.jpg|Teaser Poster
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SP First Look (1).jpg
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</gallery>
</gallery>


|-|Character Portraits=
===Cast Promotional Images===
<gallery>
<gallery hideadbutton="true">
</gallery>
Andre Layton.jpg|Andre Layton
 
Melanie Cavill.jpg|Melanie Cavill
|-|Videos=
LJ Folger (1).jpg|LJ Folger
<gallery>
Ruth Wardle.jpg|Ruth
Snowpiercer Official Trailer TNT
Pike.jpg|Pike
Snowpiercer Animation PROMO TNT
Zarah Ferami.jpg|Zarah Ferami
Miss Audrey.jpg|Miss Audrey
Miles.jpg|Miles
Brakeman Roche.jpg|Brakeman Roche
Javier De La Torre.jpg|Javier De La Torre
Josie Wellstead.jpg|Josie Wellstead
Jinju Seong.jpg|Jinju Seong
Bennett Knox.jpg|Bennett Knox
Brakeman Osweiller.jpg|John Osweiller
Bess.jpg|Brakeman Bess Till
</gallery>
</gallery>
</tabber>


==External Links==
==External Links==
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*{{Twitter|SnowpiercerTV}}
*{{Twitter|SnowpiercerTV}}
*{{Facebook|SnowpiercerTV}}
*{{Facebook|SnowpiercerTV}}
* Official site: [https://www.tntdrama.com/snowpiercer tntdrama.com/snowpiercer]


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Snowpiercer]]
[[Category:Television Series]]

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Snowpiercer is an American, post-apocalyptic dystopian-thriller television series created by Graeme Manson for TNT. A reboot of the earlier 2013 movie of the same name, the series follows the passengers of Snowpiercer, a gigantic train circulating the globe carrying the last survivors of humanity after the world becomes a frozen wasteland.

The series is set seven years following the mass-extinction event on Earth, but eight years before the Snowpiercer movie.

After numerous delays in production — arising from creative differences between the writers and network, TNT — the series' development was extended until May 2019, where a change of network (to TBS) was announced by parent company WarnerMedia. Months later, in September 2019, WarnerMedia reversed the network changed whilst revealing that the series had been greenlit for a second season. Following the increase in consumer demand and the global uncertainty regarding COVID-19, TNT brought forward the release date of the series from May 31, 2020, to May 17, 2020.

The second season premiered on January 25, 2021 on TNT and on Netflix January 26, 2021. On January 19, 2021, it was announced that the series was renewed for a third season ahead of the its second season premiere.[1] The third season premiered on January 24, 2022 on TNT and on Netflix January 25, 2021.[2][3]

On July 29, 2021, the series was renewed for a fourth season as the third season wraps up filming. Daveed Diggs made the renewal announcement on the set of the show at the tail end of production.[4][5]

Synopsis[edit | edit source]

Snowpiercer picks up seven years after the world becomes a frozen wasteland and follows the remnants of humanity who inhabit a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe. The show questions class warfare, social injustice, and the politics of survival.

Cast and Characters[edit | edit source]

Main[edit | edit source]

Guest[edit | edit source]

Recurring[edit | edit source]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • The series launched on Sunday May 17, 2020 at 9p m. It was previously planned to launch on Sunday, May 31.
  • The network was responding to the growing appetite for content as the majority of Americans are in lockdown.
  • It took a journey of five years across three networks and multiple showrunners before Tomorrow Studios was able to shepherd “Snowpiercer” to its May 17 debut on TNT.
  • The second season of the show, halted production due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
  • The show has had a long gestation.
  • TNT ordered the Snowpiercer pilot back in November 2016 and picked it up to series over two years ago.
  • The show was given an early Season 2 renewal in May and moved from TNT to sister channel TBS.
  • The show debuted to 3.3 million total viewers across TNT and TBS.[6]
    • Among them 607,000 tuned in to the 9 p.m. telecast who were in the key 18-49 demographic.[6]
    • The total viewers represents the largest debut for a TNT show since “The Alienist” in 2018.[6]
    • The series premiere tallied almost exactly 1 million viewers in the demo.[6]
  • Across the Atlantic, the show is not airing on Netflix
    • The first two episodes dropped on Monday 25 May on Netflix, with one coming every Monday from then on.
  • Though in the story Snowpiercer is 10 miles long, with 1,001 cars. [7]
    • Production designer Barry Robison and his art department built 18 cars on four stages.[7]
      • Including the engine; a hydroponic gardening car; first- , second- and third-class dining cars; a sushi restaurant with an undersea element; and the “chains” car, which resembles an Asian night market.[7]
  • For the interiors, Robison looked to Japan and China for clues as to where locomotive design technology is headed.[7]
    • He and art director Tom Wilkins also contacted Canadian railway companies, which offered insights and solutions for the problems of a vehicle moving through hostile environments like the one Snowpiercer travels through — notably information about snowplows, debris diverters and warming elements to keep the train moving.[7]
  • The Snowpiercer Season 2 trailer was released on October 8, 2020 as part of the show’s appearance at New York Comic-Con, alongside the news that the TNT series will return for its second season on January 25th at 9pm ET/PT.

Development[edit | edit source]

Much of the series is based on the original 2013 film, Snowpiercer. Tomorrow Studios filed for rights to develop the series in 2015, and the series was ordered to pilot in November 2016; Josh Friedman would serve as showrunner with Derrickson directing the Pilot. Friedman would later be removed from the series by network TNT, who cited creative differences with the network.

Despite a new showrunner being hired, Graeme Manson, Derrickson refused to return to shoot a new Pilot, citing that the original script was the best he had ever read and sequentially, his directing was some of his best—if not his best—work. The Pilot was later reshoot, with nothing but the special effects from the original being used.

Netflix picked up international streaming rights for the series outside of the US shortly after.

In 2020, TNT released a timeline for the Snowpiercer saga, citing that the series took place seven years following the extinction event, but the movie took place fifteen years post-extinction. This revelation means that, despite the show being loosely based on the movie, the events of the show predate the movie by eight years.

Multimedia[edit | edit source]

Promotional Videos[edit | edit source]

Promotional Images[edit | edit source]

  • TNT Season 3 Poster

    TNT Season 3 Poster

  • Netflix Season 2 Poster

    Netflix Season 2 Poster

  • TNT Season 2 Poster

    TNT Season 2 Poster

  • TNT Poster

    TNT Poster

  • Alternate, Horizontal Poster

    Alternate, Horizontal Poster

  • Netflix English Poster

    Netflix English Poster

  • Netflix Spanish Poster

    Netflix Spanish Poster

  • Teaser Poster

    Teaser Poster

Cast Promotional Images[edit | edit source]

  • Andre Layton

    Andre Layton

  • Melanie Cavill

    Melanie Cavill

  • LJ Folger

    LJ Folger

  • Ruth

    Ruth

  • Pike

    Pike

  • Zarah Ferami

    Zarah Ferami

  • Miss Audrey

    Miss Audrey

  • Miles

    Miles

  • Brakeman Roche

    Brakeman Roche

  • Javier De La Torre

    Javier De La Torre

  • Josie Wellstead

    Josie Wellstead

  • Jinju Seong

    Jinju Seong

  • Bennett Knox

    Bennett Knox

  • John Osweiller

    John Osweiller

  • Brakeman Bess Till

    Brakeman Bess Till

External Links[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ [deadline.com/2021/01/snowpiercer-renewed-season-3-tnt-ahead-of-season-2-debut-1234676353/ ‘Snowpiercer’ Renewed For Season 3 By TNT Ahead Of Season 2 Debut]
  2. ↑ Attention passengers! Season 3 of #Snowpiercer arrives January 24, 2022.
  3. ↑ TNT Ices ‘Snowpiercer’ Season 3 Premiere Date; TBS’ ‘Full Frontal’ & ‘American Dad!’ Also Set For January
  4. ↑ Psssttt! #Snowpiercer Season 4 is coming. Are you ready?
  5. ↑ ‘Snowpiercer’ Renewed For Season 4 By TNT As Season 3 Wraps Production
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "TV Ratings: ‘Snowpiercer’ Series Premiere Ploughs Its Way to 3.3 Million Viewers" - Variety1
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "How the ‘Snowpiercer’ VFX and Design Teams Collaborated to Create the TNT Show’s Centerpiece Train" - Variety2
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