Michael B. Jordan has started 2018 hot with his pivotal role in the tremendously successful Black Panther. The actor looks to heat up the small screen next with the HBO film Fahrenheit 451.
HBO has revealed the release date for the film via Twitter.
Based on the Ray Bradbury classic book, Fahrenheit 451 also stars Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella, and Lilly Singh. Check out a synopsis for the film below.
Fahrenheit 451 depicts a future where the media is an opiate, history is rewritten and “firemen” burn books. Jordan portrays Montag, a young fireman who forsakes his world and struggles to regain his humanity as he battles his mentor, fire captain Beatty, played by Shannon. Sofia Boutella (The Mummy, Kingsman: The Secret Service) stars as Clarisse, an informant caught between the competing interests of Montag and Beatty. The cast also includes Lilly Singh (Bad Moms) as Raven, a tabloid reporter who works with the fire department to spread the ministry’s propaganda by broadcasting its book-burning raids to fans.
I remember reading the book many years ago, and sadly many of the themes present in Fahrenheit 451 are powerfully relevant today. I can’t remember the last time I watched an HBO film, but I will be sure to watch this come May.
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