HBO revealed a hot first trailer for Fahrenheit 451, an original TV movie adaptation of the classic 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury that’s set in a dystopian future where books are outlawed.

Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther) stars as Guy Montag, a young, recently disillusioned “fireman” who struggles with his role of enforcing the law by burning books.

“By the time you guys grow up, there won’t be one book left,” he tells a classroom of students, as he sets fire to the pages around him.

He battles his mentor, Fire Captain Beatty (Michael Shannon), as he forsakes his world in an effort to regain his humanity.

“A little knowledge is a dangerous thing,” Beatty says in the trailer. “News, facts, memoirs, internet of old—burn it.”

Fahrenheit 451 premieres in spring 2018.

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