In the HBO adaptation, Michael B. Jordan will play young fireman Montag as he begins to question his role as a book burner, and Michael Shannon will play Montag’s mentor Beatty, who is less willing to question society.
Fahrenheit 451 was published way back in 1953, and it has become one of the most famous dystopian books in literary history.
The story is set in a future in which books and history are outlawed, and firemen are employed to burn whatever contraband books turn up.
Mass media has replaced literature, and sensory overload has changed society.