The train’s social order is threatened in latest Snowpiercer trailer, Ars Technica

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Order will be restored –

“There’s an idea traveling up train. It wants to set the train ablaze.”

Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connelly star in the new TNT series Snowpiercer . Earlier this month, TNT announced it would be moving up the release of its new science fiction series, Snowpiercer Parasite , fleshed out into a full-length series.

Bong’s film itself was 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. 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. </p> <div itemprop="articleBody"> The film 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. <em> Snowpiercer <em> earned critical raves and went on to gross $ 550 million worldwide against a roughly $ million production budget. </p><div class="adace-slot-wrapper adace-after-paragraph-3 adace-slot-wrapper-main" > <div class="adace-disclaimer"> </div> <div class="adace-slot"> <div class="adace_ad_662c34940a1a0 adace-dont-remove"> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div itemprop="articleBody"> TNT’s series is set seven years after the climate catastrophe that produced the ice age. Daveed Diggs (<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="550" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YA_CXD4CK9Y?start=0&wmode=transparent" type="text/html" width="980"> Hamilton, Blindspotting

) Plays Layton Well, a prisoner at the tail end of the train who spends much of his time sniffing Chronole (basically industrial waste) until he gets caught up in a revolutionary struggle against the imposed social hierarchy abroad (Snowpiercer) . Jennifer Connelly ( </p> <figure> Alita: Battle Angel ) co-stars as first-class passenger Melanie Cavill, who is the Voice of the Train, responsible for daily public announcements. The show’s large ensemble cast also includes Mickey Sumner (</figure> <p>) The Borgias , also daughter of musician Sting) as brakeman Bess Till, who stumbles upon a mystery that threatens the train’s status quo.

A new day dawns abroad

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Rise and shine!

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Upper-class passengers convene.

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Time for school.

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Work is one of Mr. Wilford’s three principles (along with honor and order).

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Onboard evening entertainment.

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