Director Bong Joon-ho's English language debut is set on a train in a post-apocalyptic future.
A disastrous attempt to prevent global warming has created an ice age in which the survivors struggle to adapt to existence in the only safe climate aboard the titular Snowpiercer.
The cast will include Chris Evans, Song Kangho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Bremner, Alison Pill, John Hurt and Ed Harris.
Korean writer/director Bong is best known for his work on Mother and The Host.
Snowpiercer has yet to announce a release date, but the Weinstein Company film is expected to arrive in summer 2013.
Listen to a sample of the score below: