Denzel Washington has signed on to star in “Book of Eli”, a post-apocalyptic drama that will be directed by the Hughes Brothers, Allen and Albert. The film will be released through Warners Bros. and will be financed by Alcon Entertainment.
Washington will play a hero in a not-too-distant apocalyptic future who must fight across America to bring the society the knowledge that could be the key to redemption. Washington just finished filming “The Taking of Pelham 123” which he stars alongside John Travolta and the film was directed by Tony Scott.
This will be the Hughes Brothers first film since “From Hell” a film about Jack the Ripper that stars Johnny Depp, the film was released in 2001.
Denzel Washington is an Oscar award winning actor whose latest movie is “The Great Debaters” which Washington starred and directed. He has also starred in a handful of other movies such as “Training Day”, “Philadelphia”, “The Bone Collector”, “Remember the Titans”, “John Q”, “Out Of Time”, “Inside Man”, “The Manchurian Candidate”, “Deja Vu”, “American Gangster”, the list goes on.
Variety Reports:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117991628.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
The Hughes Brothers are back! Sweet! They’re good film makers.
Kev
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