Scott Derrickson to Direct SNOWPIERCER Series with HAMILTON Star Daveed Diggs
Earlier this year is was announced that TNT would be developing a series adaption of Snowpiercer, which is based on the French graphic novel called Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand, and Jean-Marc Rochette.
I loved the movie that was directed by Bong Joon-ho. It had an amazing cast that included Chris Evans, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Jamie Bell and more. The series is currently in development, and the pilot episode is set to be helmed by Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson. They've also just started putting together their own cast starting with Hamilton star Daveed Diggs. He originated the roles of Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson.
The series is set seven years after an apocalyptic ice age leaves Earth as a frozen wasteland, and the story will focus on the survivors who “inhabit a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe.”
According to the press release, Diggs will play a character named Layton Well, “a prisoner barely surviving the harsh conditions in the tail end of the train. A quiet thinker who spends his days sniffing the industrial-waste-turned-drug Chronole and tending to his cage full of rats, Layton becomes a reluctant participant in a struggle that could upend life on the train.”
As a fan of the film, I'm curious to see how this series turns out. It's still in the development stages, but so far with Derrickson and Diggs being brought in to be a part of it, it's headed in the right direction.
