Fahrenheit 451 (TV Miniseries)

Fahrenheit 451 is an upcoming 3 part TV Miniseries based on the Ray Bradbury novel of the same name.

Synopsis
In the year 2155, 75% of all books are made illegal, with certain exceptions. Firefighters are no longer tasked with putting out fires, they now find contraband books and burn them to ashes, along with the houses they were found in.

Guy Montag has been a hard working firefighter for years, respected by his co workers and the public, when he meets a teenage girl called Clarisse, he starts to realise how monotonous his life truly is. He starts secretly keeping books, eventually discovering a secret society of book memorizers planning to reintroduce literature to the greater public.

Cast

 * TBA as Guy Montag
 * TBA as Mildred Montag
 * TBA as Clarisse McClellan
 * TBA as Captain Beatty

The Hearth and the Salamander
Guy Montag works as a book burning firefighter. After a day of work, burning illegal books, Montag meets a teenage girl called Clarisse, who seems more questioning about the world. When she asks Montag if he is happy, he assures her that he is. When Montag returns home, he discovers that his wife, Mildred, has overdosed on sleeping pills. He calls EMTs to help her and realizes he isn't happy with his life.

Over the next few weeks, Montag and Clarisse talk on Montag's walks to and from work and develop a friendship. Where Montag admits that his wife developed an addiction to VR after an accident prevented her from having children. Montag arrives for work when he is nearly attacked by the robotic Hound that the firefighters use to hunt book owners. One day, Montag, fire chief, Beatty and 2 other firefighters are called to a book owner's house, an elderly woman called Mrs. Blake, who refuses to leave her books. After the firefighters douse all her books with kerosene, Montag tries to pull her out of the house, until she lights a match and sets herself on fire.

That night, Montag returns home, where he discovers that Clarisse had died when she was caught in the crossfire of a gang shootout. He arrives home while his wife is using VR and he hides a book he rescued from Mrs. Blake's. When Montag gets sick, Beatty visits him and tells him the truth about the firefighter's history. Mildred finds the hidden book and tries to burn it, until Montag stops her and reveals that he has been saving books for a year.

The Sieve and the Sand
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Burning Bright
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Changes

 * In the novel, Montag realizes he isn't happy with his life as soon as he gets home from meeting Clarisse, in the miniseries, he realizes it after the 2 EMTs save his wife from an overdose.
 * The VR used in the series is more like what real life VR is.
 * The series specifies that certain books, such as children's books, diaries, cookbooks etc. are all legal. Illegal books are also read sometimes in schools for educational purposes, but are rigged to self ignite if taken off school grounds.
 * In the novel, Montag reveals the reason he and his wife have no children is because his wife didn't want any, in the series, it's because she had to have surgery after a car accident that left her infertile.
 * In the series, there is a branch of the firefighters that work on computers to track people that may be reading illegal books online.
 * Clarisse dies in a gang shooting rather than a hit and run.