HBO is adapting Fahrenheit 451 into a film starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon
Yesterday, Variety reported that HBO Films is planning to adapt Ray Bradbury’s classic novel Fahrenheit 451. Michael B. Jordan (Creed) and Michael Shannon (Man of Steel) are set to star in it, while 99 Houses director Ramin Bahrani is attached to co-write and direct the film.
The studio has only put the adaptation into development, but Variety notes that the “project is moving toward a production commitment at HBO.” If it moves forward, Jordan will play Guy Montag, the Fireman at the heart of the story, while Shannon will play his superior, Captain Beatty.
In Fahrenheit 451’s future, books are outlawed, and Firemen like Montag and Beatty are tasked with setting them ablaze to suppress their ideas. When Montag meets an idealistic…
