Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Connelly has joined TNT's TV version of Snowpiercer.
Like the film of the same -- which was itself based on the French graphic novel, Le Transperceneige -- Snowpiercer tells the story of a train of survivors during a post-apocalyptic ice age who are divided by class.
Connelly will portray a First Class passenger named Melanie Cavill, who works as the Voice of the Train responsible for making daily announcements over the train's PA system. Unlike those in the same VIP position as Cavill, she's fascinated by the lower class passengers.
Connelly will co-star in Snowpiercer with Daveed Diggs (Black-ish). Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange) will direct the pilot from a script by Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles creator Josh Friedman. This will be the third project for Connelly that has its roots in comic books, following The Rocketeer and Hulk. She'll also be seen in the manga adaptation Alita: Battle Angel next year.
Bong Joon Ho, director of the 2013 Snowpiercer film starring Chris Evans, will executive produce along with Dooho Choi, Park Chan-wook, Lee Tae-hun, Derrickson, Friedman, Marty Adelstein and Becky Clements.
For more on Snowpiercer, be sure to check out our glowing review of Bong Joon Ho’s sci-fi epic.
Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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