HBO’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Movie, Starring Michael B. Jordan, Gets First Trailer

HBO released its first look at “Fahrenheit 451,” starring Michael B.

Jordan and Michael Shannon.Based on Ray Bradbury’s 1953 dystopian novel of the same name, the film follows a futuristic American society where books are burned to censor and destroy knowledge.“By the time you guys grow up, there won’t be one book left,” Jordan’s character Guy Montag, a “fireman” in charge of burning the novels who struggles with his role of erasing history, says in the clip before an auditorium of children.“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing — news, facts, memoirs, internet of old.

Burn it,” Shannon, who plays Jordan’s captain, says in the trailer.

“We are not born equal, so we must be made equal by the fire.”Directed by Ramin Bahrani, the film also stars Sofia Boutella, Lilly Singh, Laura Harrier, and Martin Donovan.

Jordan served as an executive producer on the project, producing through

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