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March 2009

THE BOOK OF ELI update

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THE BOOK OF ELI update
First Image Of Denzel Washington From 'The Book Of Eli'

EW has released the lone pic from the sci-fi flick starring the Oscar winner.

The film, which is directed by The Hughes Bros., 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 humanity.

Also starring in the film are Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Jennifer Beals, Ray Stevenson, and Michael Gambon.

Oldman plays the despot of a small town who is willing to do anything to get a hold of Eli’s book. Beals is playing Oldman's sexual prize and Kunis' mother, a blind woman doing anything she can to protect her child. Gambon will play one half of a strangle couple that holds onto old traditions in the futuristic tale.

'Eli' reunites Beals with Washington, with whom she starred in 1995's 'Devil in a Blue Dress.'

The Hughes brothers, who last helmed 'From Hell,' with Johnny Depp, also directed the urban classic 'Menace II Society' with Larenz Tate and Jada Pinkett Smith and 'Dead Presidents' with Chris Tucker.

The film is slated to be released on January 15, 2010

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