Snowpiercer And Chad To Premiere At SXSW

I saw some of the Snowpiercer panel at SDCC ahead of the cast and creative interview and it looked great. Here is what TNT/TBS has planned for SXSW.

Sunday, March 15 – World Premiere of TBS’ Chad (Talent on-site March 14)

- Nasim Pedrad (Creator / Writer / Executive Producer / Star)
- Jake Ryan (Star)
- Rhys Thomas (Executive Producer / Director)

Series Description:
- Chad is a single-camera comedy starring Nasim Pedrad that follows a 14-year-old pubescent Persian boy (Pedrad) as he navigates his first year of high school on a mission to become popular. Chad’s friendships and sanity are pushed to the limits as he uses every tactic at his disposal to befriend the cool kids, while enduring his mother’s new dating life and reconciling with his cultural identity. Pedrad, who first made her mark on Saturday Night Live, is also creator, writer, executive producer and co-showrunner on Chad. The Iranian-American actress is joined by co-stars Ella Mika, as Chad’s younger sister; Saba Homayoon, as Chad’s mother; Paul Chahidi, playing a distant relative; Jake Ryan, playing Chad’s best friend and Alexa Loo, playing a classmate. Oly Obst (3 Arts) serves as executive producer along with Robert Padnick and Rob Rosell. Rhys Thomas executive produced and directed the pilot and will direct and executive produce multiple episodes this season. Hayes Davenport also executive produced the pilot and is a consulting producer on the series.

Sunday, March 15 – World Premiere of TNT’s Snowpiercer (Talent on-site March 15)

- Set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, SNOWPIERCER centers on the remnants of humanity, who inhabit a perpetually-moving train, with 1001 cars, that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out in this riveting television adaptation based on the film from Oscar® winner Bong Joon Ho (Parasite).
- In addition to Oscar® winner Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) and Tony Award® winner Daveed Diggs (Hamilton, Black-ish), the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series SNOWPIERCER stars Emmy® nominee Alison Wright (The Americans), Mickey Sumner (Frances Ha, Battle of the Sexes), Susan Park (Ghostbusters), Iddo Goldberg (Peaky Blinders, The Zookeeper’s Wife), Katie McGuinness (Dirty Filthy Love), Tony Award® winner and Grammy® nominee Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch), Annalise Basso (Bedtime Stories), Sam Otto (Jellyfish), Roberto Urbina (Narcos), Sheila Vand (Argo) and Jaylin Fletcher (Saturday Church). Graeme Manson (Orphan Black) serves as executive producer and showrunner.