It’s official – Snowpiercer is receiving a third season. The announcement was made by TNT via press release today. The news comes ahead of Snowpiercer‘s second season premiere on Monday January, 25 ET/PT on TNT.
Season Two follows on from the first season’s cliffhanger. Melanie (Jennifer Connelly) discovers that Mr. Wilford (Sean Bean), worshiped by many as a visionary who protected the last remnants of humanity, is alive and headed the group’s way on a rival train. This is awkward, given Melanie believed she’d left him to die at boarding the Snowpiercer. However, he survived aboard the Big Alice supply train.
Season Two sees a power struggle between leader Andre Layton (Daveed Diggs) and Mr. Wilford. The outcome of the struggle will ultimately decide the soul of the Snowpiercer. Meanwhile, Melanie happens upon a shocking discovery that could change the fate of the survivors.
It’s fair to say that Snowpiercer has been a successful IP for TNT. The show debuted with 3.3 million total viewers across TNT and TB, as the #1 cable entertainment program. The show is based not on the 2013 film of the same name, but rather its source material – the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige created by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette. Said graphic novel later received an English translation in 2014 by Titan Comics, split between two volumes, followed later by a third part and a prequel comic in 2019.
Snowpiercer hasn’t only been a hit with the viewers – it’s also generally favorable among critics. Season One garnered a 61% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus stating, “Snowpiercer takes a different route with its source material, crafting an ambitious sci-fi mystery with style to spare, but with little of the subversive bite of Bong Joon-ho’s theatrical adaptation.”
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