<Li> Chris Browning as Hijack Leader </Li> <Li> Malcolm McDowell as Lombardi (uncredited) </Li> <P> In May 2007, Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. signed the Hughes brothers to direct The Book of Eli, based on a script by Gary Whitta . (The brothers had last directed the 2001 film From Hell .) Subsequently, Anthony Peckham rewrote the script, and in September 2008 Denzel Washington won the lead role . The following October, Gary Oldman was cast to star alongside Washington . Principal photography began in February 2009 and took place in New Mexico . Alcon Entertainment financed the film and co-produced with Silver Pictures . </P> <P> Jeff Imada choreographed the complex fight scenes, which feature the Filipino martial art of Kali . Washington trained for months with Dan Inosanto and Imada for his role . </P>

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