Bong Joon-Ho Goes To The Ends Of The Earth With ‘Transperceneige’

Dormant since chatter began in 2006, “Transperceneige” has been brought to life by director Bong Joon-ho. The sci-fi project, based on a French graphic novel about the end of the world, was originally discussed as a potential follow-up to “The Host” for director Joon-ho, but instead he disappeared from the limelight, letting “The Host 2” end up in another director’s hands and putting out an installment of the omnibus film “Tokyo!” He’s given a report on the film’s development, saying he wants to shoot the massive international project after his next effort, a crime drama called “Mother.” “Transperceneige” details a train loaded with the remnants of the human race after a devastating ice age, to which Joon-ho says, “The train is a microcosm of human society with its different classes of passenger mirroring different political and social strata. Once Mother is done, I will be writing the script for [Transperceneige]. I would like the film to be finished by 2011 or 2012.”