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Jennifer Connelly Hits the Freezing Cold on the “Snowpiercer”
I fell in love with Jennifer Connelly when she got herself locked in a Target during Career Opportunities, and sang with her in the epic Dark City, and watched her kick extraterrestrial ass in The Day the Earth Stood Still. Now, she’s heading to the freezing cold apocalypse on the “Snowpiercer”.
Connelly, who was also featured in Phenomena and Labyrinth, is set to star opposite Daveed Diggs in TNT’s “Snowpiercer” pilot, a futuristic thriller drama based on the acclaimed 2013 feature by Bong Joon-ho.
The hourlong drama pilot is set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, and the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually moving train that circles the globe. It explores class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival.
Oscar winner Connelly will play Melanie Cavill, a First Class passenger who works as the Voice of the Train – responsible for making the daily announcements over its PA system, reports Deadline. Though many in her VIP position are dismissive of the lower class passengers, Melanie is curiously fascinated by them. Diggs plays Layton Well, a prisoner who becomes a reluctant participant in a struggle that could upend life on the train.
The pilot will be directed by Doctor Strange, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Sinister‘s Scott Derrickson, who also helmed The Day the Earth Stood Still starring Connelly.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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