The wheels keep a-turning on the casting train for TNT’s “Snowpiercer,” adapted from the critically acclaimed Bong Joon-ho (“Mother,” “Okja”) film of the same name. Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly (“Requiem for a Dream,” “Noah”) and Mickey Sumner join Daveed Diggs (“Hamilton,” “Black-Ish”) for the Scott Derrickson (“The Exorcism of Emily Rose,” “Doctor Strange”) -directed pilot.
While Diggs’ character Layton Wells is a member of the lower class living in the tail end of the train, Connelly and Sumner’s characters are part of the upper classes. Connelly plays Melanie Cavill, who serves as the Voice of the Train, responsible for making the daily announcements over its PA system, while Sumner plays Bess Till, a brakeman, part of the train’s security force, who finds herself thrown in the middle of a mystery that threatens to upend the fragile status quo of the train.
With such a strong cast shaping up for the pilot, hopefully, “Snowpiercer” won’t skid off the rails [Deadline]
