Los Angeles  - Denzel Washington has picked  to co- star with him in a disturbing action thriller in which they team up to save humanity in a near-future America faced with catastrophe.

Kunis is a veteran of hit TV series That '70s Show and made her feature film debut in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Kunis most recently starred opposite Mark Wahlberg in Max Payne.

In the new movie, The Book of Eli Washington, she will portray a character who first tries to stop Washington's character from saving humanity but ultimately joins him in his quest. (dpa)