Snowpiercer has taken a long and winding track to becoming a hit for TNT in its first season. The sci-fi drama based on Bong Joon Ho's 2013 movie (itself based on a series of graphic novels) about the last remnants of humanity living aboard a constantly moving train on a frozen Earth, first went into development in late 2015.
After changing showrunners (and networks, briefly) it premiered May 17 to strong ratings —and became eerily relevant in a world where protests for racial and economic justice have become widespread. "Those are the things I see playing out more in the front of the show now than we knew they would be when we were shooting the show," said Daveed Diggs, who plays former detective Andre Layton.
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