Deadline has revealed that Martin Donovan (Ant-Man), Andy McQueen (The Girlfriend Experience) and Grace Lynn Kung (Miss Sloane) have joined the cast of HBO Films’ adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic novel Fahrenheit 451.
The film is directed by 99 Homes‘ Ramin Bahrani, and also stars Michael B. Jordan (Creed), Michael Shannon (Man of Steel), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Lilly Singh (Bad Moms) and Laura Harrier (Spider-Man: Homecoming).
Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a dystopian future where books are outlawed and ‘firemen’ burn any that are found. However, one fireman begins to question his task after learning about a past where people didn’t live in fear, and finds himself having to run for his life as he struggles to regain his humanity.
Originally published August 28, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
