HBO's Michael B. Jordan Led FAHRENHEIT 451 Premieres Tonight
By: BWW News Desk May. 19, 2018
The HBO Films presentation FAHRENHEIT 451 debuts SATURDAY, MAY 19 (8:00-9:40 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.
The drama is based on Ray Bradbury's classic novel of the same name, depicting a future where the media is an opiate, history is rewritten and "firemen" burn books. Michael B. 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 Michael Shannon. Sofia Boutella stars as Clarisse, an informant caught between the competing interests of Montag and Beatty.
FAHRENHEIT 451 is an HBO Films presentation of a Noruz Films, Brace Cove and Outlier Society production; directed by Ramin Bahrani; written by Ramin Bahrani & Amir Naderi; executive producers, Ramin Bahrani, Sarah Green, Michael B. Jordan, Alan Gasmer, Peter Jaysen; David Coatsworth produces.
Check out the tweet from HBO here:
Fact. Fiction. Flame.#Fahrenheit451, starring @michaelb4jordan and Michael Shannon, premieres May 19 on #HBO. pic.twitter.com/pjSeXrKXaw
- HBO (@HBO) March 23, 2018
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