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Netflix grabs 'Snowpiercer' TV show outside the US and China (updated)
We've known for some time that the stunning and brutal post-apocalyptic movie Snowpiercer is being made into a TV series for TNT. Now, Netflix is joining in on the action by distributing the series outside of the US and China, Variety reports. The 2013 film, by intriguing South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho, told the story of a socially stratified supertrain traveling on an endless loop across a frozen planet, touching on food scarcity, class warfare and child exploitation along the way. The TV adaptation offers more of the same, raising questions about human survival that are eerily pertinent even in our "civilized" age.
‘Snowpiercer’ director’s next film debuts on Netflix June 28th
A few years ago, Korean director Bong Joon Ho adapted a 70s French comic into film, creating the unexpectedly stunning and brutal Snowpiercer. The post-apocalypse movie barreled headlong into food scarcity, class warfare and child exploitation -- topical issues even in our more "civilized" age. Ho's next film, Okja, looks to pull a similar trick crashing outlandish characters into hot-button conflicts -- and it's coming to Netflix.
