Snowpiercer (TV Series)

	Graeme Manson
	Graeme Manson
	United States
	English
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	TNT

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 uncertanty regarding COVID-19, TNT brought forward the release date of the series from May 31, 2020 to May 17, 2020.

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.

Cast and Characters

Main Daveed Diggs as Andre Layton Jennifer Connelly as Melanie Cavill Mickey Sumner as Bess Till Annalise Basso as LJ Folger Sasha Frolova as Pixi Aariak Alison Wright as Ruth Benjamin Haigh as Fergus McConnell Roberto Urbina as Javier De La Torre Katie McGuinness as Josie Wellstead Susan Park as Jinju Seong Lena Hall as Miss Audrey Sheila Vand as Zarah Ferami Sam Otto as John Osweiller Iddo Goldberg as Bennett Knox Jaylin Fletcher as Miles Mike O'Malley as Brakeman Roche Guest Rowan Blanchard as Alexandra Miranda Edwards as Lights Benjamin Charles Watson as Brakeman Fuller

Recurring Steven Ogg as Pike Timothy V. Murphy as Commander Grey Happy Anderson as Klimpt Jonathan Lloyd Walker as Big John Aleks Paunovic as Bojan Boscovic Shaun Toub as Terence Kerry O'Malley as Lilah Folger Aaron Glenane as The Last Australian Fiona Vroom as Miss Gillies Manoj Sood as Rajiv Sharma Chelsea Harris as Sykes

Trivia

• The series launched on Sunday May 17, 2020 at 9pm. 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.
• 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 original network.
• The show debuted to 3.3 million total viewers across TNT and TBS.
  • Among them 607,000 tuned in to the 9 p.m. telecast who were in the key 18-49 demographic.
  • The total viewers represents the largest debut for a TNT show since “The Alienist” in 2018.
  • The series premiere tallied almost exactly 1 million viewers in the demo.

Development

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 20202, 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 revealation means that, despite the show being based on the movie, the events of the show predate the movie by eight years.

Multimedia

Promotional Videos

• File:Snowpiercer Behind The Scenes Look of the Train TNT
• File:Snowpiercer Official Trailer Netflix
• File:Snowpiercer Official Teaser Netflix
• File:Snowpiercer Official Trailer Premieres May 17 TNT
• File:Snowpiercer Official Trailer 2 TNT
• File:Snowpiercer Official Teaser Premiering May 17 TNT
• File:Snowpiercer Official Trailer TNT
• File:Snowpiercer Animation PROMO TNT

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Cast Promotional Images

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  Andre Layton

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  Melanie Cavill

• LJ Folger

  LJ Folger

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  Ruth

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  Pike

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  Zarah Ferami

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  Miss Audrey

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  Miles

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  Brakeman Roche

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  Javier De La Torre

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  Josie Wellstead

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  Jinju Seong

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  Bennett Knox

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  John Osweiller

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  Brakeman Bess Till

External Links

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