SNOWPIERCER character passports & posters

New passport & poster images for Snowpiercer

Update: Now includes new international character posters

Some new images in the form of passenger passports have surfaced for the upcoming Snowpiercer. The film is Joon-ho Bong’s (The Host, Mother) English-language debut, and from the small snippets we’ve gotten so far Snowpiercer looks to be a grimy class inequality piece.

Put your stamp of approval on the new character passports after the jump.

Snowpiercer 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 Snowpiercer, 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.

Let’s hope this film gets good and gritty in terms of looking at the highs and lows humanity goes through when confined to a small space. If we get a strong character drama mixed with some sci-fi elements and a little violence along the lines of Blindness or The Divide we could be in for a treat.

While we get some English snippets in these new character passports we miss out on the one-line descriptions that are only in Korean. Angie Han over at /film has been kind enough to do a rough translation. Thanks Angie!

Tail Section:

• Curtis (Chris Evans): A young revolutionary leading the movement from the tail section.
• Edgar (Jamie Bell): Curtis’ number 2 and right had man, a rebellious teenager.
• Andrew (Ewen Bremner): A powerless father determined to protect his son.
• Tanya (Octavia Spencer): A mother who runs into the front section to find her taken son.
• Gilliam (John Hurt): The leader of the tail section, under great pressure.

Prison Section:

• Namgoong Minsu (Song Kangho): A drug addict and lockpick.
• Yona (Ko Asung): Namgoong’s daughter, a 17-year-old girl who can see sound.

Engine Section:

• Wilford (Ed Harris): The train’s creator and ultimate caretaker.

Front Section:

• Mason (Tilda Swinton): Wilford’s loyal next-in-command and the train’s second most powerful person.

UPDATE: Check out some new international character posters for the film:

Snowpiercer stars William Hurt, Chris Evans, Song Kangho, Ko Asung, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, Octavia Spencer, Tilda Swinton, Alison Pill, and Ewen Bremmer. The film rolls into the station sometime later this year (not yet announced).