Monday, January 11th, at Grauman's Chinese Theatre
January 08, 2010, LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Warner Bros. Pictures:
WHAT:
                     
Red carpet arrivals at the Los Angeles premiere of THE BOOK OF ELI, Monday, January 11th
WHO:
               
From the film: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Malcolm McDowell, Jennifer Beals, Joe Pingue and Evan Jones; Directors Allen Hughes and Albert Hughes; Screenwriter Gary Whitta; Producers Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove. Celebrity guests include: Quinton Aaron ("The Blind Side"), Mindy Cohen ("The Facts of Life"), Common ("Terminator Salvation"), Ice Cube, Macaulay Culkin, Rosario Dawson ("Seven Pounds"), Kimberly Elise ("The Great Debators"), Taraji P. Henson ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"), Brandon T. Jackson ("Tropic Thunder"), Jesse Metcalfe ("Desperate Housewives"), Masi Oka ("Heroes"), Prince, Too $hort, Bow Wow. Other celebrities TBA.
 
WHEN:
               
Monday, January 11th
               
Check-in 5:00 PM
               
Red carpet arrivals begin 6:00 PM
               
Screening begins 7:00 PM
                 
WHERE:
               
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
               
6925 Hollywood Blvd.
               
Los Angeles, CA
                 
In the not-too-distant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once America. Empty cities, broken highways, seared earth—all around him, the marks of catastrophic destruction. There is no civilization here, no law. The roads belong to gangs that would murder a man for his shoes, an ounce of water…or for nothing at all.
But they're no match for this traveler.
A warrior not by choice but necessity, Eli (Denzel Washington) seeks only peace but, if challenged, will cut his attackers down before they realize their fatal mistake. It's not his life he guards so fiercely but his hope for the future; a hope he has carried and protected for 30 years and is determined to realize. Driven by this commitment and guided by his belief in something greater than himself, Eli does what he must to survive—and continue.
"The Book of Eli" is directed by the Hughes Brothers ("Menace II Society," "Dead Presidents") from a screenplay by Gary Whitta. It is produced by Joel Silver, Denzel Washington, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove and David Valdes. Steve Richards, Susan Downey and Erik Olsen serve as executive producers, with co-producers Steven P. Wegner, Yolanda T. Cochran and John David Washington.
"The Book of Eli" will be distributed domestically by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. Summit Entertainment is the international sales representative. It is rated R by the MPAA for some brutal violence and language.
www.bookofelimovie.com
For downloadable general information and photos for "The Book of Eli," please visit: http://press.warnerbros.com
YOUR COVERAGE IS INVITED. PLEASE RSVP TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE.
Contacts
Warner Bros. Pictures
RSVP:
TV/RADIO
Alison Branch, (818) 954-6513
Alison.Branch@warnerbros.com
or
PRINT
Stephanie Phillips, (818) 954-2351
Stephanie.Phillips@warnerbros.com
or
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Michael Taylor, (818) 954-6585
Michael.Taylor@warnerbros.com
or
ONLINE PRESS
Gemma Cacho, (818) 954-6531
Gemma.Cacho@warnerbros.com
or
INTERNATIONAL
Summit Entertainment LLC
Asmeeta Narayan, (310) 309-8453
anarayan@summit-ent.com
