Mel Gibson to Re-Make "Fahrenheit 451"?

[mopaul]

he's been considering it for years, it's common knowledge. the ray bradbury futuristic story about 'firemen' who burn books, which are banned by the totalitarian government. they burn people too i guess.
so it's right up mel's alley, burning books, grotesque computer generated staged scenes of burning flesh and literature....woo woo! the special effects! woo woo! the simulated suffering!

i liked him better when he was blasting bad guys in the outback on beat up old trucks at top speeds. lots of crashes and explosions.
no attempted acting.

[Mr. Blonde]

1. I think I read that

book when I was too young. I thought it was terrible then, but now I think about the premise and what I remember of it and it seems pretty cool. Of course I have developed a taste for negative utopia stories lately.

[girl gone mad]

2. IMDB says..

he was planning on starring and directing, but his schedule didn't allow him time to. It doesn't look as if he's attached to the project anymore.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0360556/

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Was that the one with um.. a teleporting cat?

Or am I mixing up my classic sci-fi again?

[Spinzonner]

4. Door into Summer by Heinlein ?

[tkmorris]

5. Yeah that was Heinlein

That cat was in a number of his novels, those which taken together are known as the "Future History" series. Starring Lazarus Long primarily. Good stuff.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Thanks. I knew that the cat didn't sound right for Bradbury

I need to reread all those classics. Haven't touched most of them since high school.

[tjwash]

6. LOL Mel sure has a thing for those...

...leather men, and assless chaps. Mad Max was all about his pent up homo-erotic S&M fantasies put on the screen.