This was written by Gary Whitta and is the new Denzel Washington movie, directed by the Hughes Brothers. The draft I read was dated Feb 2007 and I think it has since been re-written, so I don't know how much will have changed in the final film.

Set in a post-apocalyptic future it is the story of Eli, a lone walker, traveling across what remains of America. Carrying the last Bible in existence he believes he is on a mission from God to both protect it and deliver it to an unknown destination, somewhere on the West Coast.

On his journey he meets several gangs of bikers, scavengers & cannibals who he duly dispatches in spectacular fashion with his trusty samurai sword and shotgun.

He also encounters Carnegie (to be played by Gary Oldman), a controlling megalomaniac who has created his own town in the wastelands. Carnegie discovers that Eli has the last Bible, and knowing the power of religion, wants it for himself so that he can rewrite it and build a new world in his image.

Overall, I really enjoyed this script. A good story, plenty of action, well written characters and a great twist ending that I didn't see coming.

So...."The Road"?

No...not The Road. The Road focuses more on the relationship between father and son, and not necessarily the events around them. This is more like Fallout 3 or Mad Max.

--Julio