Michael B. Jordan never really got his chance to "burn it all down" as Killmonger in Black Panther, but it looks like HBO's new Fahrenheit 451 adaptation will give him plenty of opportunities to spread some flames when the movie drops on HBO in May. The new trailer still doesn't tell us much in regard to plot, but it definitely confirms one thing—Michael B. Jordan looks damn good with a flamethrower.Jordan stars as Guy Montag in the new film—a so-called fireman in a dystopian future who starts to question his role in controlling the spread of information by rounding up and torching every book. In the new, minute-long trailer, Montag gets to make good use of his flamethrower, lighting up books and then braving some toxic fumes as he melts down a pile of computer hard drives like a futuristic fire demon in a tight-fitting uniform."A little knowledge is a dangerous thing," Montag's mentor and fire chief, Beatty (played by Shape of Water's Michael Shannon), says in the trailer. "News, facts, memoirs, internet holes… Burn it."In between the glorious shots of Jordan turning books into smoldering piles of ash, there are shots of the new film's future, which includes some rich people looking dumb as hell in sleek VR glasses and a holographic eagle sporting some very familiar-sounding propaganda. We also get a few glimpses of what we can assume is the resistance that eventually wins Montag to its side."We are not born equal," Beatty continues, "so we must be made equal by the fire."We don't know many specifics about the movie's plot, except that director Ramin Bahrani promises that it'll update the original 1953 book while still staying "true to Bradbury's original themes." If that means giving Michael B. Jordan a flamethrower, we're here for it.Sign up for our newsletter to get the best of VICE delivered to your inbox daily.Follow VICE on Twitter.
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