Shepard Fairey's statement on government, propaganda & surveillance… in film.

The above book cover for George Orwell's famous "1984" was produced by Shepard Fairey a couple of years back… and now Fairey wants to produce a whole different version, a film adaptation of the book. Fairey brought a new adaptation to the attention of Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment and, if it gets made, Fairey stands to end up with a producer credit. Given the books dystopian themes of totalitarian government, successful propaganda campaigns and fear-through-surveillance, it seems ripe for Fairey — creator of the Obey Giant and Obama Hope images — to work on in an artistic role. Time will only tell…

[Information courtesy of the Los Angeles Times blog.]