Snowpiercer trailer: Netflix teases dystopian sci-fi series and confirms release date

Series is based on ‘Parasite’ director Bong Joon-ho’s 2013 film of the same name

Snowpiercer, the new TV series produced by Parasite director Bong Joon-ho, is coming to Netflix in May.

Based on Joon-ho’s 2013 film of the same name starring Chris Evans and Tilda Swinton, the post-apocalyptic thriller takes place on a constantly moving train – the titular “Snowpiercer” – that houses the Earth’s remaining humans after the planet becomes a frozen wasteland.

Snowpiercer, adapted for Netflix by Graeme Manson (Orphan Black), will debut on Monday 25 May. However, rather than it airing as a complete boxset, only the first two episodes will initially be released, with a new episode dropping every Monday from 1 June.

Exploring the subject of social justice and class oppression, Snowpiercer stars Jennifer Connelly as one of the train’s first class passengers, while Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs plays one of its lowest class prisoners.

A second season has already been commissioned, with Game of Thrones’ Sean Bean reportedly signing up as a series regular.

In February, Joon-ho became the first South Korean director to win Best Director at the Academy Awards for Parasite, with the film also taking home the statuettes for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture.