Tom Hanks Drops out of Darabont’s Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451″ is one of those movies based on classic literature that it seems like every director in Hollywood has been trying to get made once or twice or a dozen times. The latest director to take a crack at it is Frank Darabont, who seemed to be on his way to getting it made when Tom Hanks was announced as coming on board to star. But that big push to get the film finally in production has just took a major nosedive, because according out Darabont himself, Hanks is now official out of “Fahrenheit 451″.

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Tom Hanks is out, Darabont revealed to MTV News exclusively.

Only months ago, Darabont told us Hanks was his Guy Montag. Now it’s not to be. “Mr. Hanks sadly and regretfully had to back out,” he said. “I was really looking forward to working with him again but his other commitments just precluded it. He had to take a step back.”

Oh well. Back to the drawing boards, boys.