Gary Oldman is in negotiations to star opposite Denzel Washington in "
The Book of Eli," an action thriller from Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment. Albert and Allen Hughes are directing.
The script, by Gary Whitta and a rewrite by Anthony Peckham, 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.