After a short hiatus (Harry Potter, Batman) from the world of scum and villainy, Gary Oldman is returning to what he does best. Opposite Denzel Washington, Oldman will star in the upcoming The Book of Eli, a post-apocalyptic road movie directed by the Hughes Brothers.
The plot follows Washington as he travels across a 'wasteland' America, escorting a book which contains some sort of saving grace for humanity. Oldman, according to THR, will play "Carnegie, the despot of a small makeshift town deficient of standard necessities, services, and most noticeably, laws." He will presumably be hot on the heels of Washington and his little book.
Cinematical's comparison to the early Van Damme movie Cyborg seems most appropriate, and it makes the project all the more exciting. Combined with the diversely-talented Hughes Brothers, and of course the straight up hero-villain showdown between Washington and Oldman, I think there could be some real promise here, even if only in a glorifed B-movie way. We'll see how it progresses.
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