The American cable channel TNT has since ordered an entire TV series based on the source material, with Doctor Strange’s Scott Derrickson directing.
Hamilton alumni Daveed Diggs will lead the series, playing Layton Well, described as “a prisoner barely surviving the harsh conditions in the tail end of the train.
The 2013 film starred Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, and John Hurt.
Derrickson — along with Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles writer Josh Friedman — will act as executive producers.