*John Boyega is taking a path already traveled by Denzel Washington, by signing on for a prequel to the hit 2010 film “The Book of Eli.”
According to Ice CreamConvos, the prequel will come to the small screen. Boyega will play a younger version of the title character Eli, a lone wanderer in a desolate, dystopian future. Washington portrayed an older version of Eli in the film.
Released on January 15, 2010, “The Book of Eli” centered on Eli and his journey with a sacred book that he believes holds the key to saving humanity.
Traveling through the barren landscape to the U.S. West Coast, Eli encounters multiple challenges that range from ruthless gangs to a power-hungry warlord named Carnegie, played by Gary Oldman.
As the mysterious nature of Eli’s mission and the significance of the book gradually become known, a climactic and thought-provoking conclusion results.
In addition to Washington and Oldman, “The Book of Eli featured Mila Kunis, Jennifer Beals, and Malcolm McDowell. In its box office run on the big screen, the Hughes brothers-directed Warner Bros. film collected $11,672,970 on its opening day in North America, with $94,835,059 made overall in the United States and Canada
Themes presented in the film version include faith, survival, and the impact of knowledge in a world on the brink of collapse.
Although details surrounding Boyega’s prequel are not known, Deadline reports the series is set 30 years before Denzel’s film.
Scroll below to see the trailer for the film version of “The Book of Eli”:
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