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"Imagine Entertainment is planning a movie remake of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard&amp;#039;s production company is teaming with LBI Entertainment on the new version of George Orwell&amp;#039;s classic novel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Shepard Fairey - the artist best known for his Barack Obama &amp;#039;Hope&amp;#039; poster - was instrumental in bringing the project to Imagine and LBI, and may take on a producer role. Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in 1948, famously spinning a story about a dystopian future in which individuality is outlawed and the populace labour under the ever-watchful eye of &amp;#039;Big Brother&amp;#039;. The book has been adapted for film and television, most famously in Michael Radford&amp;#039;s John Hurt, Richard Burton and Suzanna Hamilton-starring 1984 production. The producers are currently seeking a writer for the project. Elton John has been reported to be working on a musical adaptation of Orwell&amp;#039;s Animal Farm. &amp;gt; Ten Things About... Big Brother &amp;gt; &amp;#039;Room 101&amp;#039; to return with Frank Skinner as host "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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