New hints about the plot of
The Book of Eli, a post-apocalyptic Western currently filming in the New Mexico desert, are starting to make it sound like some kind of curious cross between
The Postman and
Sunshine. Early word had the film centering on a lone hero (
Denzel Washington) who "fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind." Some pretty clear echos of
The Postman there. Now, during a a set visit by
Entertainment Tonight,
Mila Kunis, who joined the cast last November, let slip just what brought on this particular apocalypse:
the sun exploded, leaving Earth a dry desert wasteland. Sounds extreme. Perhaps she meant a solar flare. In either case, not so bad, considering. Unlike
Sunshine though, it seems that redemption will come not in trying to fix the sun but in somehow finding hope for those who miraculously survived. Looks like Denzel has his work cut out for him.