'Snowpiercer' TV Pilot Picked Up by TNT

The TV version of Bong Joon-ho's movie has got a pilot order from TNT with Josh Friedman serving as a showrunner.

November 22, 2016

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The TV adaptation of Bong Joon-ho's sci-fi hit "Snowpiercer" has find a home at TNT. The new project has gotten a pilot order from the network. Josh Friedman ("War of the Worlds") serves as a showrunner for the hour-long drama series.

The show is based on a post-apocalyptic movie starring Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton. It is set in a future where a failed climate-change experiment kills all life on the planet except for a lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, where a class system emerges.

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"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. "We look forward to expanding TNT's relationship with Tomorrow Studios and their take on a world where humanity is pushed to the extreme."

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