'Doctor Strange' director Scott Derrickson will direct 'Snowpiercer' TV series, Daveed Diggs to star

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Daveed Diggs has had a pretty tremendous jump from Broadway star to TV star in the recent year or so. After starring alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda in the smash hit, Hamilton, Diggs has appeared in multiple television programs but he’s now received a starring role in an upcoming show for TNT. According to EW, Diggs will star in Snowpiercer based on the sci-fi film directed by Bong Joon-ho.

            For any who haven’t seen the original film (and please do because its fantastic), Snowpiercer takes place in a second Ice Age that is triggered by the world’s attempt to combat global warming. The survivors now live on a constantly moving train that’s divided by classism with the rich people living in the front of the train and the poor people living in the back.

            Diggs will star as Layton Well, “a prisoner who is barely surviving the harsh conditions in the tail end of the train. A quiet thinker who spends his days sniffing the industrial-waste-turned-drug Chronole and tending to his cage full of rats, Layton becomes a reluctant participant in a struggle that could upend life on the train.” It seems like TNT is using the setting but creating a new type of storyline that could last multiple seasons so I’m totally game for this. Also, Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, Sinister) will be directing the pilot and serve as executive producer alongside Bong Joon-ho which boosts my excitement to a whole other level.

            Diggs can currently be seen on TV for roles on Netflix’s The Get Down and ABC’s black-ish. He also has an upcoming role in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and will also play Mr. Browne in Wonder, starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay.