Gary Oldman Joins The Book Of Eli

Gary OldmanWe learn today that Gary Oldman has joined Denzel Washington in The Book OF Eli. We get the following scoop from the Tom Jones hideout caves of Yahoo:

Gary Oldman is in negotiations to star opposite Denzel Washington in “The Book of Eli,” an action thriller that returns the British actor to his more villainous side.
It centers on a lone hero named Eli (Washington) who must fight his way across the wasteland of a near-future America to protect a sacred book that might hold the key to saving the future of humanity.

Oldman will play Carnegie, the despot of a small makeshift town deficient of standard necessities, services, and most noticeably, laws. Carnegie is determined to take possession of the book Eli is guarding.

I appreciate a post apocalyptic film more than most and this one is sure to get top billing with Denzel and Oldman on board. With luck this will loose a slew of copy cat films of lesser quality. When bad post apocalyptic films go direct to DVD – magic happens.

This film is said to have a release date of January 2010 so we have a bit to wait, but I look forward to learning of its developments. I wonder if we will all get to read the Book Of Eli through the eyes of Denzel. What message could it contain, what wisdom lurks between the lines?

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