Age of The Nerd
Red hot off of Marvel’s Black Panther, the on fire Michael B. Jordan still wants to burn it all. This time Jordan wants to set fire in the first look teaser for HBO‘s upcoming Fahrenheit 451. The film is based of off the Ray Bradbury 1953 novel of the same name which deals with censorship in the future where firemen have orders to set fire to every book.
[su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/UEhsFEgsI5U”]INSERT VIDEO HERE[/su_youtube_advanced]Michael B. Jordan plays the lead role of Montag, a fireman that struggles with censorship and his mentor and opposite Captain Betty, played by Michael Shannon.
The novel was originally adapted to film in 1966 in the British version which starred Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack and Julie Christie in the lead roles.
Fahrenheit 451 is set to air on HBO in Spring of this year and is directed by Ramin Bahrani and also stars Sofia Boutella (Atomic Blonde), Keir Dullea (2001: A Space Odyssey), Martin Donovan (Ant-Man) and Lilly Singh (Bad Moms). Jordan also served as executive producer on the project along with Sarah Green, Alan Gasmer, Peter Jaysen, and Bahrani.
Jordan is also set to star in Creed 2 which is said to be released in late 2018.
