“You look at [the concept of] faith [as presented in the film] and you think [from a business perspective], ‘What’s the box office going to be? Are we offending people or what’s the line we’re walking here?… Mr. Oldman’s character, Carnegie, talks about how [the book of Eli was] not just a book, it’s a weapon. That’s when the hair on the back of my neck stood up and I was like, ‘Wow, this is deep. This is saying something.’ That’s what got us.”

Albert & Allen Hughes