Imagine Entertainment confirms it will develop a big screen remake of author George Orwell's classic science-fiction novel, "Nineteen Eighty-Four", with street artist Shepard Fairey on board as a possible co-producer.
First published June 1949, Orwell's 'dystopian' novel focuses on 'Oceania, a society ruled by the oligarchical dictatorship of the 'Party'.
Life in the Oceanian province of 'Airstrip One' is a world of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance and incessant public mind control, accomplished with a political system euphemistically named 'English Socialism' (aka 'Ingsoc'), administered by a privileged 'Inner Party' elite. Everyone is subordinate to the totalitarian cult of 'Big Brother', the deified Party leader who rules with a philosophy that decries individuality and reason as 'thoughtcrimes'.
Protagonist 'Winston Smith', is a member of the 'Outer Party, working for the 'Ministry of Truth' (aka 'Minitrue'), responsible for propaganda and historical revisionism, rewriting past newspaper articles so that the historical record is congruent with the current party ideology.
Because of the childhood trauma of the destruction of his family — the disappearances of his parents and sister — Winston Smith secretly hates the Party, and dreams of rebellion against Big Brother. 
"Nineteen Eighty-Four" popularized the adjective 'Orwellian', which refers to official deception, secret surveillance and manipulation of the past, in service to a totalitarian, manipulative political agenda. 
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