Finally! Limited June release announced for Chris Evans’ Snowpiercer

It must be one of the strangest ideas for a science fiction film yet. Bad planning reduces the planet to a freezing state where no one can survive outside. This who remained after the world became devastated live on a single, giant train called the Snowpiercer, which stays in operation for years. It’s so huge that a society is formed, with rich and the poor, including members of all walks of life, and a generation comes and goes living entirely on this train. Strange is right.

But stretching the bounds of sci-fi is what it’s all about, isn’t it?

We’ve previously reviewed here at borg.com the source work for the film, the graphic novel also called Snowpiercer. It’s strange, yet entertaining as it find a new setting to ask age-old questions about culture and society’s struggles. Finally it looks like the film has a June released date for limited showings in the U.S.

Snowpiercer stars the always interesting Chris Evans (Captain America, the Fantastic Four), John Hurt (V for Vendetta, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Hellboy), Ed Harris (The Truman Show, Apollo 13, The Right Stuff) and Tilda Swinton (The Chronicles of Narnia, Constantine), directed by Joon-Ho Bong. A major hit in South Korea, it is yet to be released in the States yet, a result of directorial disputes with distributor The Weinstein Company, including a feud over cutting 20 minutes of footage for U.S. audiences that inexplicably “may not understand” the longer version.