Hollywood star Denzel Washington will star in post-apocalyptic drama “Book of Eli,” under the direction of Allen and Albert Hughes, reports trade paper Variety.

Academy Award winning actor Denzel Washington is going to pour his thespian genius into another film, a project financed by Warner Bros.-based Alcon Entertainment and distributed by Warner Bros.

Washington will portray a character described by Variety as a “lone hero” who has one impressive mission: that of striving to save America, in a nearby apocalyptic future, from some kind of mysterious demise. Washington’s character apparently has the solution for the country’s “redemption.”

The script is penned by Gary Whitta, with a rewrite from Anthony Peckham. Whitta recently adapted the graphic novel “Akira,” adds Variety.

Joel Silver (who has produced classics such as the “Predator,” “Lethal Weapon” and “Matrix” films) is producing, along with Washington, Susan Downey (wife of actor Robert Downey Jr.) and Alcon co-founders Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

Washington is due on set in January, when filming begins.

The 53-year-old actor, who has two Academy Awards to date, one for best actor for 2001’s “Training Day” and another for best supporting actor for 1989’s “Glory,” last graced the silver screen in 2007’s “The Great Debaters.” He also directed the drama.

He next appears in the Tony Scott directed “The Taking of Pelham 123,” alongside John Travolta. The remake of a 1974 thriller will be released next year via Columbia.

Other recent projects of Denzel Washington’s include “Man on Fire,” “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Inside Man” and “American Gangster,” all critically acclaimed films which further confirmed the actor’s brilliant status.