Jennifer Connelly is the latest to join TNT's 'Snowpiercer'

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By Darian Scalamoni

            The cast continues to grow for the TNT series based on Bong-Joon Ho’s 2013 feature, Snowpiercer. According to Deadline, Jennifer Connelly has been cast to star in the upcoming TV show.

            The drama, which first episode will be directed by Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, Sinister) is set seven years after the world has become a frozen land and the bit of humanity that is left are inhabiting a moving train that circles the globe on a track. The train is broken up by class as they poor live in the back, while the luxurious and rich live towards the front of the locomotive.

            Connelly is set to play Melanie Cavill, a passenger in First Class who works as the “Voice of the Train”, making all the daily announcements over the PA. She is oddly fascinated by the lower-class passengers unlike many of the other First Class passengers. This is a huge get for the network joining their already intriguing cast that includes Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner, Alison Wright and Annalise Basso.

            Connelly is next set to appear in Granite Mountain alongside Josh Brolin, Miles Teller and Jeff Bridges. Also, she stars in Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel with Michelle Rodriguez, Christoph Waltz and recent Oscar-winner, Mahershala Ali.