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A new trailer and three featurettes have been released for director Bong Joon Ho's new film Snowpiercer. The trailer gives us lots of new footage from the post-apocalyptic thriller, and each featurette starts with a ten second clip.
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.
The featurettes cover characters from the different sections of the train and include interviews and commentary from the cast and crew. The interviews offer some great new character info as well insight into the casting of the film. The only catch with the commentary from the Korean cast and crew is it's in Korean with no English subs! Luckily, I just so happen to speak Korean, so I've translated and summarized the important bits.
Trailer:
Featurettes:
Front of the Train
Mason - Tilda Swinton
The director describes Tilda Swinton as the most dynamic and chameleon-like character in the film.
He reveals that they originally envisioned Mason as a male character, but changed the gender of the character for Swinton.
Classroom Teacher - Alison Pill
After Alison Pill's comments, Bong Joon Ho says, "In a way, the concept for the 'Wilford Children'…" and he never finishes the thought! That, or my Korean sucks.
Wilford - Ed Harris
The director says that there are so "many different twists and turns all the way to the end" that casting this particular character wasn't easy.
Back of the Train
Curtis - Chris Evans
Bong Joon Ho on people's expectations of Chris Evans: "For all of you who only remember Chris Evans from Captain America and The Avengers, when you watch this film I think you'll be quite surprised."
Gilliam - John Hurt
The director describes this character as an old but wise old man.
Bong goes on to say that John Hurt was the only actor he thought could play this role.
Edgar - Jamie Bell
The director describes both the actor and the character as a shadow that is always dangling over Chris Evans' shoulder. He is small in stature and never complains.
Tanya - Octavia Spencer
She is described as the embodiment of the feelings and position of the commoners on the train.
Andrew - Ewen Bremner
Described as another character who represents the common people. Like Tanya, Andrew is trying to rush to the front of the train to find his own son.
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.
The featurettes cover characters from the different sections of the train and include interviews and commentary from the cast and crew. The interviews offer some great new character info as well insight into the casting of the film. The only catch with the commentary from the Korean cast and crew is it's in Korean with no English subs! Luckily, I just so happen to speak Korean, so I've translated and summarized the important bits.
Trailer:
Featurettes:
Front of the Train
Mason - Tilda Swinton
The director describes Tilda Swinton as the most dynamic and chameleon-like character in the film.
He reveals that they originally envisioned Mason as a male character, but changed the gender of the character for Swinton.
Classroom Teacher - Alison Pill
After Alison Pill's comments, Bong Joon Ho says, "In a way, the concept for the 'Wilford Children'…" and he never finishes the thought! That, or my Korean sucks.
Wilford - Ed Harris
The director says that there are so "many different twists and turns all the way to the end" that casting this particular character wasn't easy.
Back of the Train
Curtis - Chris Evans
Bong Joon Ho on people's expectations of Chris Evans: "For all of you who only remember Chris Evans from Captain America and The Avengers, when you watch this film I think you'll be quite surprised."
Gilliam - John Hurt
The director describes this character as an old but wise old man.
Bong goes on to say that John Hurt was the only actor he thought could play this role.
Edgar - Jamie Bell
The director describes both the actor and the character as a shadow that is always dangling over Chris Evans' shoulder. He is small in stature and never complains.
Tanya - Octavia Spencer
She is described as the embodiment of the feelings and position of the commoners on the train.
Andrew - Ewen Bremner
Described as another character who represents the common people. Like Tanya, Andrew is trying to rush to the front of the train to find his own son.
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