Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jun 16, 2007 13:55:06 GMT -8
Dec 10th, 2004, 3:31pm »
Due in theaters in 2005. Most of this information is from Greg's Previews, as usual!
There are no actors officially cast, but some of the names that have been mentioned are Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Joseph Fiennes, and Charlize Theron.
This is, of course, based on the 1953 sci-fi novel by Ray Bradbury of the same title, which was previously adapted in a 1966 film directed by Francois Truffaut, starring Oskar Werner (who starred as Jules in Truffaut's Jules et Jim).
Frank Darabont, who directed The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Majestic, is set to direct.
Premise: Simply put, 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper burns. In this grim look at a fascist future, firemen have taken on a new duty of starting fires as well as putting them out (complete with flame throwers), specifically with the task of burning all books, as way of suppressing independent thought and action in the public. The film's story centers around a young fireman, Guy Montag, who finds himself questioning his job, even as he encounters a beautiful young woman, and learns about an underground of rebels who each memorize the entire contents of a book, so that they can preserve it even without the use of paper...
Due in theaters in 2005. Most of this information is from Greg's Previews, as usual!
There are no actors officially cast, but some of the names that have been mentioned are Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Joseph Fiennes, and Charlize Theron.
This is, of course, based on the 1953 sci-fi novel by Ray Bradbury of the same title, which was previously adapted in a 1966 film directed by Francois Truffaut, starring Oskar Werner (who starred as Jules in Truffaut's Jules et Jim).
Frank Darabont, who directed The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Majestic, is set to direct.
Premise: Simply put, 451 degrees Fahrenheit is the temperature at which paper burns. In this grim look at a fascist future, firemen have taken on a new duty of starting fires as well as putting them out (complete with flame throwers), specifically with the task of burning all books, as way of suppressing independent thought and action in the public. The film's story centers around a young fireman, Guy Montag, who finds himself questioning his job, even as he encounters a beautiful young woman, and learns about an underground of rebels who each memorize the entire contents of a book, so that they can preserve it even without the use of paper...
