TNT Network announced that its popular dystopian series Snowpiercer has been renewed for a third season.
News of the renewal comes before the show’s second season starts on January 25, Variety reported.
Developed by Josh Friedman and Graeme Manson, the show is based on the 2013 film of the same name by Bong Joon-Ho and the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob.
Set seven years after the world became a frozen wasteland, the series focuses on the remnants of humanity who live on a gigantic, constantly moving train that orbits the globe.
The cast includes Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner, Susan Park, Benjamin Haigh, Sasha Frolova, Katie McGuinness, Alison Wright, Annalize Basso, Sam Otto, Roberto Urbina, Sheila Vand and Lena Hall.
In the second season, she is accompanied by Game of Thrones alum Sean Bean, who appears as the antagonist Mr. Wilford.
The show is produced by Graeme Manson, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, Matthew O’Connor, Ben Rosenblatt and Scott Derrickson.
Tomorrow Studios is producing it together with CJ Entertainment.
