Despite the fact that The Weinstein Company is yet to set a North American or UK release date, South Korean filmmaker Joon-ho Bong's (The Host, Mother) English language debut Snowpiercer is set to open in his home country next week, and following the arrival of an animated prequel a couple of days back, a final trailer for the post-apocalyptic thriller has now hit the web; check it out after the official synopsis...
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"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 Snowpiercer, 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."
Based upon the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette, Snowpiercer stars Chris Evans (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), John Hurt (Immortals), Jamie Bell (The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn), Ed Harris (Game Change), Ewen Bremner (Jack the Giant Slayer), Octavia Spencer (The Help), Go Ah-sung (The Host), Kang-ho Song (The Good, the Bad, the Weird), Alison Pill (Scott Pilgrim vs the World) and Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin). The film opens in South Korea next Thursday, August 1st.
"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 Snowpiercer, 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."
Based upon the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette, Snowpiercer stars Chris Evans (Captain America: The Winter Soldier), John Hurt (Immortals), Jamie Bell (The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn), Ed Harris (Game Change), Ewen Bremner (Jack the Giant Slayer), Octavia Spencer (The Help), Go Ah-sung (The Host), Kang-ho Song (The Good, the Bad, the Weird), Alison Pill (Scott Pilgrim vs the World) and Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin). The film opens in South Korea next Thursday, August 1st.