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With production on her Showtime series “The L Word” completed for good, Jennifer Beals returns to her feature films roots with a role in the action thriller “The Book of Eli,” starring Denzel Washington.

The pair will be working together for the first time since 1995’s “Devil in a Blue Dress.” 

Albert and Allen Hughes are directing “Eli” for Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment. The story follows a lone hero named Eli (Washington) 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 humanity.

Gary Oldman and Mila Kunis are also in the cast. Beals is playing Oldman’s sexual prize and Kunis’ mother, a blind woman doing anything she can to protect her child.

“The L Word,” meanwhile, is currently airing its final season.

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