Snow Piercer (sometime in 2013)

[james0246]

From the french graphic novel "Le Transperceneige" comes acclaimed director Bong Joon-ho's first (mostly) English feature. Shot entirely in Prague, the film stars a large international cast (including Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Song Kang-ho, Vlad Ivanov, John Hurt, Octavia Spencer and a few other very good actors.

Brief description:

The film 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 Snow Piercer, 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.

I have no idea what the original source material is like, nor do I really care. This is a new Bong Joon-ho film, and that is enough to get me in the theatre, but when you add the large group of good actors, and a script from Joon-ho and Kelly Masterson (best known for the great Before the Devil Knows You're Dead), this is looking to be a damn fun film.

[Xion Valkyrie]

The concept sounds pretty interesting and fairly unique. How big is the train supposed to be?

[NorthernFallout]

Never heard about this or the director, but the concept sounds like it's right up my alley. Will keep a close eye on this.