Bong Joon-ho’s English-language debut ‘Snowpiercer’ has received its first international trailer ram packed with action and snow. The last remaining population of the planet are thrown together on a self perpetuating train following an unexpected Ice Age only to find theirselves swiftly engaged in an on board class revolution. The story is based upon ‘Le Transperceneige’ the French graphic novel penned by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette. The adaptation stars Chris Evans (‘Avengers Assemble’), John Hurt (‘Dr Who’), Tilda Swinton (‘Vanilla Sky’), Jamie Bell (‘King Kong’), Ewen Bremner (‘Trainspotting’), Octavia Spencer (‘The Help’), Song Kangho (‘Thirst’) and Ko Asung (‘The Host’). No exact release date has been announced just yet but you can check out the new trailer below.
“Based on the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, SNOWPIERCER is set in a future where, after a failed experiment to stop global warming, an Ice Age kills off all life on the planet except for the inhabitants of the Snow Piercer, a train that travels around the globe and is powered by a sacred perpetual-motion engine. A class system evolves on the train but a revolution brews.”
‘Snowpiercer’ Quad Poster
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