Can you say “post-apocalyptic dystopia”? –
The troubled series floundered in development hell for more than three years.
Jennifer Ouellette – Jan
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It’s been three long years, but TNT’s much-anticipated series (Snowpiercer) ********************** – an adaptation of the critically acclaimed (filmby Oscar-nominated director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite
) – is finally emerging from development hell and coming to television. The network just dropped a teaser trailer, and despite all the production drama, it looks like a promising fleshing-out of the original dystopian vision.
Bong Joon-ho’s film itself is an adaptation of a (French graphic novel) ************************ Le Transperceneige, about remnants of humanity trying to survive an ice age inside a 1.0 – car train. Thethe director has saidhe was especially captivated by the “unique cinematic space of a train” as a futuristic Noah’s ark. “Hundreds of metal pieces moving like a snake carrying people squirming inside gripped by heart,” he said. “And the people inside were fighting against each other.” There’s also a viral outbreak that starts wiping out the passengers.
While the basic premise remained the same, Bong Joon-ho created a new narrative arc and fresh characters for his (film. The train is run by a reclusive transportation magnate named Mr. Wilford, who has separated the passengers according to class and has a nefarious plan to ensure life on the train remains sustainable. It starred Chris Evans as revolutionary leader Curtis, with Tilda Swinton as second-in-command Minister Mason. Bong shot much of it on a specially constructed set: a train mounted on a giant gyroscopic gimbal, the better to mimic the movements of an actual train.Snowpiercer
earned critical raves and went on to gross $ 86 million worldwide, against a roughly $ 40 million production budget.
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