TNT has placed a pilot order for a TV adaptation of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi Snowpiercer from writer-producers Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Marty Adelstein (Prison Break), and Becky Clements (Last Man Standing). Also on board the project as producers are Bong Joon-Ho, Park Chan-wook, Lee Tae-hun, and Dooho Choi, the producers behind the 2013 feature film.
“Snowpiercer has one of the most original concepts to hit the screen in the last decade, and it’s one that offers numerous opportunities for deeper exploration in a series format,” said Sarah Aubrey, executive vice president of original programming for TNT (via EW). “We look forward to expanding TNT’s relationship with Tomorrow Studios and their take on a world where humanity is pushed to the extreme.”
Based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, Snowpiercer takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where the world is a frozen wastleland and “the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe where issues of class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival are questioned.”
Originally published November 21, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.
