"Snowpiercer" on Netflix: Cast, Season 2 and More - The most important information about the series

When do new episodes of "Snowpiercer" appear?

Who is actually on the Netflix series?

We answer the most burning questions.

What happens when the world freezes completely?

In the series

“Snowpiercer”

no one can survive during a new and much more extreme ice age.

Only the passengers on a train survive the apocalypse - if there weren't any bloodthirsty riots there.

The American broadcaster TNT has commissioned the production.

In this country, Netflix publishes the episodes of the SciFi thriller.

The idea for the story does not come from the series makers.

Instead, there are even

two templates

on which "Snowpiercer" is based.

In the following you will find out what these are and what else you should know about the series.

“Snowpiercer”: The Netflix series is based on these templates

It is not the first time that the “Snowpiercer” series takes up the story of the train of the same name.

In 2013

the film “Snowpiercer” by

the Korean director Bong Joon-ho (“Parasite”, “Okja”) was released.

At that time, Chris Evans took on the role of the main character Curtis Everett.

In the series, the character was renamed Andre Layton, played by Daveed Diggs, and slightly changed.

Netflix also offers the blockbuster.

By the way, Bong Joon-ho devoted himself once more to the "Snowpiercer" story.

As a producer, he is currently working on the TNT series.

Just like the film, it is based on the French graphic novel "Snow Cruiser"

(promotional link), which is considered the original template for both productions.

“Snowpiercer”: That's the plot of the Netflix series

The world is frozen over, the low temperatures have wiped out all life on earth.

Only the passengers on the Snowpiercer train could resist death.

The vehicle is constantly in motion and drives once around the globe.

This creates enough heat to keep the people inside from freezing to death.

But death finds new ways: There are regular riots on the train, as an unfair class system disadvantages a large number of passengers.

The bloodthirsty arguments, led by Andre Layton (Daveed Diggs), claim many lives.

On behalf of Mr. Wilford, the builder of the train, the powerful Melanie Cavill (Jennifer Connelly) tries to get the troublemakers under control.

She suggests working with Andre - but Andre has completely different plans.

The first season of "Snowpiercer" started in 2020.

Season 2 has been running on TNT since early 2021.

At the same time, Netflix is ​​making the new episodes available every week.

The season finale is expected to appear

on the streaming service

on March 30, 2021

.

"Snowpiercer": That's the cast of the Netflix series

In addition to the main actors Daveed Diggs and Jennifer Connelly, "Game of Thrones" star Sean Bean has been playing the villain Mr. Wilford since season 2.

Other actors are:

role	actor
Andre Layton	Daveed Diggs
Melanie Cavill	Jennifer Connelly
Bess Till	Mickey Sumner
Ruth	Alison Wright
Miss Audrey	Lena Hall
Ben	Iddo Goldberg
pike	Steven Ogg
Josie	Katie McGuinness
Miles	Jaylin Fletcher
Zarah	Sheila Vand
Jinju	Susan Park
Sam Roche	Mike O'Malley
Oz	Sam Otto
Javier	Roberto Urbina
LJ	Annalize Basso
Alexandra Cavill	Rowan Blanchard
Mr. Wilford	Sean Bean

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"Snowpiercer": This is how the reviews of the Netflix series are

On the

IMDb

website

, over 20,000 people have already rated the “Snowpiercer” series.

So far it comes to

6.8 stars out

of a possible 10 stars (as of February 26, 2021).

On

Rotten Tomatoes

, the ratings for the first season look similar: It received an

average of

63 percent

from professional film critics

and

71 percent

from other viewers

.

So far, the pros have even

rated the

2nd season with

83 percent

of a possible 100 percent (as of February 26, 2021).

"Snowpiercer": Will there be a 3rd season?

A few days before the start of the second season, the magazine

Variety

reported

that TNT had extended the series "Snowpiercer"

for a third season

.

With a little luck, fans could see the next season at the end of 2021 - depending on when the makers finish shooting.

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