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AICN EXCLUSIVE! Has Frank Darabont Started Casting FAHRENHEIT 451?!

Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.

Boy, I hope this is true. I read an early draft of Frank’s FAHRENHEIT 451, and it struck me as another one of his exceptional adaptations, where he took everything great about Bradbury’s novel and not only made it work, but actually tweaked it in some very savvy ways.

The key, of course, is casting Guy Montag, the Fireman who is the lead in the film. I’ve heard people wish-list the film and toss out names like Paul Bettany and Matt Damon, but now we’ve gotten a tip that Frank has already picked the guy who he wants to have suit up.

All I know is that I desperately want to be in this film as one of the “books” if Frank ends up using that conceit. Maybe something by John Irving...

Anyway, here’s the rumor. As soon as we can, we’ll confirm this one, and I’m hoping that as Frank winds down on THE MIST, he jumps right into this. It’s been too long since his last film, and it would be great to see two in a row from him.

By way of tipster cred, know this: I gave you boys Billy Crudup as Manhattan well before it went public. Use this as you see fit. Or don't. But my source is [someone who would certainly be in a position to know]. According to him, Frank has his FARENHEIT 451 fireman signed and ready to burn:

Tom Hanks

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Perfect!
by jdfincola
Aug 4th, 2007
11:37:41 PM
It's okay casting....
by lovethatjoker
Aug 4th, 2007
11:38:48 PM
This movie is a dumb idea...
by Batutta
Aug 4th, 2007
11:40:04 PM
I disagree Batutta
by jdfincola
Aug 4th, 2007
11:42:15 PM
No, it's about the censorship of written words...
by Batutta
Aug 4th, 2007
11:44:57 PM
From an interview with Bradbury--
by Batutta
Aug 4th, 2007
11:50:21 PM
This book isn't really about censorship.
by Barry Egan
Aug 4th, 2007
11:51:35 PM
This book is about...
by jesuschrist
Aug 4th, 2007
11:57:51 PM
fahrenheit 451...
by el_fantomas
Aug 5th, 2007
12:02:06 AM
Hugh Jackman
by HBO
Aug 5th, 2007
12:04:52 AM
Tom Hanks is not the best choice...
by Boondock
Aug 5th, 2007
12:06:37 AM
Hanks is too old....
by Tarl_Cabot
Aug 5th, 2007
12:11:18 AM
Screw that. JJ needs him to play Scotty.
by Bronx Cheer
Aug 5th, 2007
12:13:08 AM
Eminem
by HBO
Aug 5th, 2007
12:24:18 AM
Darabont, please comment on your script for DOC SAVAGE!
by ABking
Aug 5th, 2007
12:27:41 AM
Great Idea
by Z 008
Aug 5th, 2007
12:35:11 AM
Huge Ackman
by jesuschrist
Aug 5th, 2007
12:35:36 AM
Tom Hanks =
by El Scorcho
Aug 5th, 2007
12:56:58 AM
I like it...
by Kirbymanly
Aug 5th, 2007
01:09:09 AM
How do you not like Tom Hanks?
by robzass
Aug 5th, 2007
01:30:10 AM
Wait, wait, didn't Stephen King write the original 451?
by Canada's King
Aug 5th, 2007
01:37:28 AM
Maybe he'll do for this what he did for DaVinci Code
by Magic Rat
Aug 5th, 2007
01:38:02 AM
I like Hanks because of the way he looks when he thinks
by PirateEmery
Aug 5th, 2007
02:16:26 AM
good
by mrbong
Aug 5th, 2007
02:17:04 AM
DIORA BAIRD as Clarisse...!
by Kirbymanly
Aug 5th, 2007
02:23:11 AM
Yuck.Stunt Casting sucks.
by Thylacine
Aug 5th, 2007
02:34:39 AM
Michael Wincott
by DOGSOUP
Aug 5th, 2007
03:18:32 AM
Bachelor Party is cinematic perfection
by Dr Gregory House
Aug 5th, 2007
03:44:10 AM
No Hanks. Do Crudup.
by psychedelic
Aug 5th, 2007
04:04:43 AM
uuhh-
by AllieJamison
Aug 5th, 2007
05:01:08 AM
If you see Tom Hanks, please just leave him be.
by Flim Springfield
Aug 5th, 2007
05:27:19 AM
Hanks sells 'torn/conflicted' characterization...
by Sledge Hammer
Aug 5th, 2007
05:52:35 AM
Hanks? Really?
by Philo
Aug 5th, 2007
06:13:50 AM
Hanks? Meh. I'd rather go with Crudup.
by Jakes Nel
Aug 5th, 2007
06:20:35 AM
Psychedelic
by ScotFree
Aug 5th, 2007
07:12:41 AM
Book won't translate well.
by lost.rules
Aug 5th, 2007
07:47:01 AM
Thanks to Equilibrium I now envision
by cyrent
Aug 5th, 2007
08:01:26 AM
They should leave this alone
by palimpsest
Aug 5th, 2007
09:11:59 AM
Terrible casting
by HeWhoCannotBeNamed
Aug 5th, 2007
09:15:09 AM
Michael Moore should sue! People will be confused!!!!!!
by Cotton McKnight
Aug 5th, 2007
09:25:03 AM
dresden files canceled
by palewook
Aug 5th, 2007
09:25:37 AM
Christ, how about Nathan Fillon?
by HeWhoCannotBeNamed
Aug 5th, 2007
09:26:26 AM
My momma always said to burn books
by Cinemajerk
Aug 5th, 2007
10:02:23 AM
Burn, baby, burn!!
by ATARI
Aug 5th, 2007
10:14:03 AM
Tom Hanks is too old for Montag...
by Wungolioth
Aug 5th, 2007
10:41:10 AM
This is the prequel
by BrandLoyalist
Aug 5th, 2007
10:59:38 AM
It's about Censorship, people.
by conniebrean1
Aug 5th, 2007
11:07:59 AM
So Frank! Where's The Thing sequel?
by dirtsandwich
Aug 5th, 2007
11:19:43 AM
This is awesome
by Bean_
Aug 5th, 2007
11:20:40 AM
Meh
by Anton_Sirius
Aug 5th, 2007
11:25:25 AM
Tom Hanks
by Unlabled
Aug 5th, 2007
11:44:34 AM
You could cast anyone as Guy Montag.
by Orbots Commander
Aug 5th, 2007
11:53:01 AM
I actually like McDonald's soft serve...
by PirateEmery
Aug 5th, 2007
11:53:16 AM
Tom Hanks guarantees it will be made
by tomdpimp2k
Aug 5th, 2007
12:01:26 PM
Terrrrrriiibblleeee
by modlight
Aug 5th, 2007
12:46:44 PM
Tom Hanks = People will watch the movie
by antonphd
Aug 5th, 2007
01:04:59 PM
why make a movie of it
by antonphd
Aug 5th, 2007
01:06:16 PM
Oh, so it's going to be *that* kind of a movie?
by BenBraddock
Aug 5th, 2007
01:18:06 PM
Le Luthor: Wrong!!
by Terry the geek
Aug 5th, 2007
01:28:55 PM
yeah, o.k.
by DarthCorleone
Aug 5th, 2007
01:33:13 PM
PirateEmery
by Anton_Sirius
Aug 5th, 2007
01:34:35 PM
they should update the concept
by misnomer
Aug 5th, 2007
01:56:53 PM
lil wayne as the fireman?
by lucid dreamstate
Aug 5th, 2007
02:18:42 PM
Anton_Sirius
by PirateEmery
Aug 5th, 2007
03:00:53 PM
It's about video piracy and peer to peer sharing.
by Smash Drama
Aug 5th, 2007
03:14:47 PM
They should have gotten Will "Hell No!" Smith
by Cinemajerk
Aug 5th, 2007
03:54:24 PM
Dolph Lundgren
by Cinemajerk
Aug 5th, 2007
03:57:22 PM
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
by Cinemajerk
Aug 5th, 2007
03:59:16 PM
HeWhoCannotBeNamed
by lovethatjoker
Aug 5th, 2007
04:05:07 PM
LoveThatJoker
by HeWhoCannotBeNamed
Aug 5th, 2007
04:32:17 PM
Ridiculous Casting
by psychedelic
Aug 5th, 2007
04:57:29 PM
Why the need for another remake?
by TakeItEasyMon
Aug 5th, 2007
05:45:54 PM
Hanks could work, but consider the following...
by Uncle Stan
Aug 5th, 2007
05:53:30 PM
casting.
by 13th Librarian
Aug 5th, 2007
05:59:11 PM
Casting Tom Hanks in this...
by mr. brownstone
Aug 5th, 2007
06:16:37 PM
awesome...
by datachasm
Aug 5th, 2007
07:12:26 PM
Yeah
by McClane_Corleone
Aug 5th, 2007
07:18:38 PM
Uncle Stan
by McClane_Corleone
Aug 5th, 2007
07:20:22 PM
Yo, redfist!
by PirateEmery
Aug 5th, 2007
08:14:01 PM
Darabont?
by Evil Chicken
Aug 5th, 2007
08:29:27 PM
TOO OLD!!!!! really, TOO OLD!!!!!
by the_man_from_Rio
Aug 5th, 2007
08:55:51 PM
Heres the news, Bitches
by CNN
Aug 5th, 2007
08:58:00 PM
speaking of torn and vulnerable...
by AllieJamison
Aug 5th, 2007
09:05:45 PM
the original still holds up...
by Demosthenes2
Aug 5th, 2007
09:27:06 PM
T.Hanks=Big Budget; Large Opening.
by R.C. the "Wise"
Aug 5th, 2007
10:12:01 PM
Dumb
by Seal Pool
Aug 5th, 2007
10:38:02 PM
I could see Daniel Craig...
by PirateEmery
Aug 5th, 2007
11:19:53 PM
How come Dakota Fanning isn't in this one?
by LittleDudes
Aug 6th, 2007
01:12:51 AM
since Sean Bean already played the role in Equilibrium
by lynxpro
Aug 6th, 2007
01:14:21 AM
another idea...
by lynxpro
Aug 6th, 2007
01:16:09 AM
speaking of Equilibrium...
by lynxpro
Aug 6th, 2007
01:17:08 AM
Sam Neill
by MattmanReturns
Aug 6th, 2007
01:29:12 AM
Too silver
by CuervoJones
Aug 6th, 2007
02:10:29 AM
tom hanks didn't ruin da vinci code
by maluquiro
Aug 6th, 2007
02:12:36 AM
Burce Campbell
by CuervoJones
Aug 6th, 2007
02:32:33 AM
Censorship and Age
by Abhimanyu
Aug 6th, 2007
03:02:36 AM
2 words that pretty much guarantee that I won't see
by Lost Prophet
Aug 6th, 2007
05:21:59 AM
Isn't this one on the "Sacred Unadaptable List?"
by jimbojones123
Aug 6th, 2007
06:04:01 AM
been said before but
by Jack the Lad
Aug 6th, 2007
06:06:26 AM
I am sick of AICN talkbacks...
by LORDRANDO
Aug 6th, 2007
06:40:37 AM
LORDRANDO
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Aug 6th, 2007
09:40:47 AM
And casting Hanks in this...
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Aug 6th, 2007
09:44:17 AM
That is, of course, if it's confirmed.
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Aug 6th, 2007
09:45:11 AM
TOO SOON!
by Unlabled
Aug 6th, 2007
10:25:40 AM
Casting for "The Chief"
by finky089
Aug 6th, 2007
11:01:55 AM
no no no no no no no
by quadrupletree
Aug 6th, 2007
12:09:16 PM
memories, you're a gentleman AND a scholar!
by the_man_from_Rio
Aug 6th, 2007
01:37:08 PM
Hank Toms
by the_man_from_Rio
Aug 6th, 2007
01:40:42 PM
Really?
by Clonetrooper
Aug 6th, 2007
02:15:36 PM
I saw the original recently
by FlipTheFrog
Aug 6th, 2007
03:02:41 PM
Sadly, even a watered down fx heavy Fahrenheit 451
by ExcaliburFfolkes
Aug 6th, 2007
08:15:46 PM
Ian McShane for Beatty
by crackityjo
Aug 7th, 2007
12:07:13 AM

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