"That '70s Show" veteran Mila Kunis, fresh from her breakout feature role in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," has joined the cast of the Denzel Washington action thriller "The Book of Eli."

In the title role, Washington plays a lone hero who must fight his way across the wasteland of a near-future America to protect a sacred book that might hold the key to saving the future of humanity. Kunis plays a woman named Solara, at first enlisted to betray Eli, she ultimately joins him in his quest.

Albert and Allen Hughes are directing the project for Warner Bros. and financier Alcon Entertainment. Principal photography begins in February in New Mexico.

Kunis most recently starred opposite Mark Wahlberg in "Max Payne."

Source: REUTERS